This isn't really consumer-level equipment yet [FOR THE MOST PART HEH HEH HEH] so pricewatch type vendors probably aren't blowing them out; I'd check out ubid, ebay and google for 'isp-equipment' it's a good mailing list with people selling off extra networking gear all the time.
UNIX > *.
Don't think about being a UNIX-oriented consultant unless you have serious experience in the field; The business world likes Solaris, IRIX and AIX and tends to scoff at open source offerings like Linux; this is changing, but even 'enterprise' Linux is OS/390 zSeries type stuff :)
You need to buy TSCALs for each client that's connecting; I think Microsoft will license you TWO connections for administration purposes for free with Terminal Services, after that you start shelling it out. These are NOT the same as your XP/2000 serial numbers.
And it all depends on your path to the machine you're trying to communicate with; my local Road Runner subsidiary apparently has poor knowledge of network infrastructure design as I routinely get 10-15kB/s between two RR systems in my city.
-sean
It's a broadcast operating protocol like ARP or NETBIOS-NAME; it's looking for printers / scanners / fax machines / other UPnP-aware stuff on the network so it can learn about it and set it up for you automatically. Most people turn it off, since it's rarely used. There are long rants about how...
I can not think of a circumstance where you would want to turn wep OFF. you aren't pushing >> 11mbit through your DSL/Cable line anyways, who cares about a 5-10% performance hit?
WEP, even in a 128-bit implementation relies on a weak segment of the RC4 keyspace and hence is inherently susceptible to passive analysis and penetration; vendors like Cisco get around this with EAP extensions to the protocol, but this is a band-aid solution. Bottom line: don't trust your...
This is UPnP traffic - your XP machine is trying to discover other UPnP devices on the network; no need to worry, as you can see your firewall is blocking it for you so your upstream doesn't have to deal with it. Thanks for being a good internet neighbor :)
gigabit switches are through the roof [in comparison to other 100baseT gear] ; consider migrating to 100baseT for all your systems and doing cross-over gigE between a few systems you need direct file transfer with. FWIW, 3Com and Intel make the best NICs out there :)
Remember that AD is a flat directory, not tiered like containers are in Novell. You're going to need a tool to migrate your directory services over smoothly; how many users are in your installation? Will the clients be 2000 as well? You should try and make a native mode switch ASAP so you can do...
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