http://www.home-network-help.com/home-network-blog.html Here is my mini blog telling about home and wireless network setup information and tips. en-us home network Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:33:53 GMT Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:33:53 GMT home-network-help.com http://www.home-network-help.com/wireless-adapter-driver-status-in-windows-7.html Hello! You are advised to check network or wireless adapter driver status in Windows 7 after installing the driver. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:33:52 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/usb-cable.html Do you think you can use USB cable to connect 2 computers and do file transfer? Most probably you will think about this when you need to transfer files between 2 computers without network adapter. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:27:59 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wireless-bridge.html Wireless bridge is commonly used to connect wireless network to Ethernet network. It's a layer 2 device (Data Link layer) in OSI model... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:15:45 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wlan-autoconfig-service.html WLAN AutoConfig service is built-in tool in Windows 7 that can be used to detect and connect to wireless network, of course you need to have wireless adapter installed on computer. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:03:32 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/homegroup.html Would like to give some introduction! Homegroup is new feature in Windows 7 to make file, printer, picture, music, video or other documents sharing easier and faster... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:02:50 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/cannot-connect-to-wireless-network.html Cannot connect to wireless network? I've analyzed and listed down following tips to help you solving this problem, go ahead to check it out... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:08:04 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/troubleshoot-network.html Sometimes if your network connection is down and you can use ping to troubleshoot network problem and then fix it. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:00:16 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/connect-to-wireless-network.html Here is simple way to connect to wireless network in Windows XP using its built-in wireless configuration tool: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:59:50 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/ip-lookup.html IP lookup (might refer it to trace IP sometimes) is useful to provide you additional information on the user, ISP, country or even detailed location of the IP address. Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:06:39 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wi-fi-hotspots.html Having problem to locate Wi-Fi hotspots nearby when you need the Internet access especially when you are on business trip or travel oversea? Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:04:06 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wi-fi-hotspot.html You might heard a lot about wi-fi hotspot or you have tried it, but do you know that it's basically not secure to use this kind of service? Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:03:27 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/speed-and-duplex.html Sometimes you might want to check or change the speed and duplex mode of network card in order to troubleshoot home network access problem, such as slow Internet connection or no connectivity problem. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:47:07 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/powerline-ethernet-adapter.html Have you heard about powerline Ethernet adapter? Ha! This is simple and useful adapter that you can use to extend home network by making use of home's powerlines. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:12:26 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wireless-key-finder.html I came across this free and handy wireless key finder (WirelessKeyView) recently, and found out its useful to recover wireless encryption key or wireless network key stored on your computer. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:39:08 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/dynamic-dns.html Dynamic DNS (DDNS)? This is a system that enables you to have dynamic IP address points to fixed domain name, so you don't have to worry about domain name issue when the IP is changed. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:36:28 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/dyndns.html As we know that the DDNS servers ( dyndns.com) must be alerted when there is IP change for dynamic DNS name, so that it will rematch the domain name to the new IP address. 2 easy ways to make it work! Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:32:58 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wireless-broadband.html Let's talk about how to set up wireless broadband connection in this article. As you know nowadays you are not only able to set up wireless connection at home by using wireless access point... Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:58:33 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/connect-to-the-internet.html Plan to have a computer that can connect to the Internet automatically by using DSL modem? If yes, then you should continue your reading. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:00:35 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/pppoe.html Read this if you have no idea on how to configure PPPoE dialer in Windows Vista for accessing the Internet by using DSL or Cable modem. Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:01:08 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/pppoe-dialer.html Windows XP has built in PPPoE dialer, so you can utilize this dialer in order to connect to Internet via DSL/Cable modem with bridge mode configured. Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:25:49 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/disable-ipv6.html Do you know how to disable IPv6 in Windows Vista? Do you know it's enabled by default? It's pretty simple actually! As I know some might even want to uninstall IPv6... Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:55:16 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/bridge-mode.html This article briefly explains how to configure DSL modem in bridge mode from a computer, so that the computer can access to Internet by using dialer. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:36:03 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/nat.html NAT (Network Address Translation) means the process to change the source and/or destination IP address of network IP packets when... Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:04:27 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/dns-servers.html Do you know Google also provides two free public DNS servers that you can use on computer to resolve domain name or URL, so that you can do website browsing faster and secure? Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:47:44 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/bridge-mode-or-routing-mode.html Should I use bridge mode or routing mode on DSL or Cable modem? Somebody asked me this question recently. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:26:15 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/port-forwarding.html Port forwarding is a technique that you can use on router to allow the computers from Internet to access your home network's servers that only have private IP. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:52:59 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/cable-dsl.html Cable and DSL Internet connection are popular broadband technology that utilizes unused bandwidth over existing phone infrastructure. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:40:51 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/netmeeting.html Some experiences sharing... Sometimes I will use Microsoft NetMeeting to help my friends to do some computer troubleshooting, so that they can save some money from calling the technical support. Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:29:51 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/10_1_1_1.html 10.1.1.1 is part of 10.0.0.0/8 network, Class A private IP address block (not routable on Internet) that is commonly used to set up private home network. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:19:28 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wan-ip.html Easy way to check your cable/DSL or wireless Internet connection's WAN IP by using MyWANiP utility and iGoogle gadget. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:54:27 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/nslookup.html If you wish to know what the IP address is resolved from domain name, you can use nslookup command to find out. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:33:37 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/dns.html DNS is mainly used to convert human meaningful names (domain name) to computer meaningful name (IP addresses) on Internet. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:27:26 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wifi-hotspot.html A WiFi hotspot (public hotspot) is normally referred to the public area that offers Wi-Fi or wireless access by using the wireless access point... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:28:57 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wi-fi-hotspot-security.html Wi-Fi Hotspot is dangerous! Don't simply connect to it! Here are some wi-fi hotspot security tips you can apply! Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:28:03 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/qcheck.html Qcheck is a free network performance measuring tool that is developed by IXIA. It can also work as network troubleshooting tool to resolve home network problem. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:20:21 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/check-ip.html Wanna check IP Address in Microsoft Windows? Follow this simple way. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:46:27 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wardriving.html Here is simple explanation of wardriving: you drive around in your car and detect wireless network with the helps from stumbling utility and GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:11:12 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/internet-speed.html AnalogX Netstat Live (NSL) is a simple utility that you can use to monitor Internet speed from home network, so that you can know the connection speed of wireless, Cable, DSL or dial up connection. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:55:57 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/mac.html MAC (Media Access Control) address is the unique hardware address that bind to your network card by network card manufacturer. It's also called physical address. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:23:25 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/command-prompt.html Command prompt is command line interpreter in Microsoft Windows, which is commonly used to administer your Windows OS by using commands only (no graphical interface). Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:56:59 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/crossover.html How are you going to connect 2 computers sometimes for sharing files and printer? What you need are basically 1 crossover cable and 2 network cards. Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:11:49 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/dhcp-server.html DHCP Server is used to centrally allocate TCP/IP configurations to computers automatically without setting it manually. Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:00:48 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/password-protected-file-sharing.html You need to implement password protected file sharing in Windows Vista, so that the user will be prompted to enter correct username and password before accessing those shared folder/file... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:20:44 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/what-is-my-ip-address.html What is my IP address? I was asked this question many times. Based on my understanding, sometimes they refer to the IP address configured on the computer, or the Internet public IP address... Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:50:12 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/loopback.html Loopback IP address is 127.0.0.1, the IP address that represents your computer by default ... Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:51:40 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/localhost.html Easy! Localhost means the computer itself! It's always translated to loopback IP address 127.0.0.1, let's read more! Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:50:48 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/127_0_0_1.html 127.0.0.1 is standard IP address assigned to your network card once you have installed network card driver correctly. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:50:09 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wireless-network-performance.html Hello! Let's test and try to improve wireless network performance by tuning advanced wireless settings on wireless router or access point if you encounter following problems... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:15:55 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/vpn-connection.html You might encounter this problem before: You just set up company VPN connection on company laptop and able to access company servers but not home network. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:47:01 GMT http://www.home-network-help.com/wireless-router.html Now we can start to configure wireless router, and I will use Linksys WRT54G wireless router as an example. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:14:35 GMT