networking

I have been using this API function a lot on older versions of windows to collect per connection tcp statistics. Its behaviour seems to have changed of late. Previously disabling and re-enabling statistics would reset the counters for the statistics. This does not happen any more. Can anyone...

Hi, I have a weird bug in Windows 2004 that appears to have cropped earlier with wired networking (e.g., Windows shows no internet access but my internet is working fine.) and although it's more of a cosmetic issue than anything else, I wonder if there is something I can do about it. In short...

We have a small workgroup of 4 computers. Just got a Static IP installed on the router for RDC work at home. Only my computer has the static IP. When my internet access is in DCHP mode, I can utilize the SQL server on our machine running IIS via our intranet, and I can see all other computers...

Having some troubles with sleep mode not sleeping at all. And networking on home PC's (W10 x64 Pro 1903 both computers) are not allowing access to shared folders between computers. I did some mild research on both issues. In regards to the networking issue, I got it to semi work reading from my...

I am involved in a project that will de-merge two companies. At one point a new server with the same netbios name etc must exist on the same lan as the existing one. It has been suggested that I separate these two devices by placing the new server on a different VLAN. I am looking for peoples...

I am new to the forum and to servers in general, so please excuse my ignorance. I have built a couple of home servers using WHS 2011 and Windows Server 2016 Essentials using the skip domain script, but none requiring CALs. I want to build a new home server using a quad socket xeon E-5 4600 10...

Hello everyone, I have a Windows Server 2019 as primary controller and a domain called "neopolis.natal". When i want join a Windows 10 in domain, i receive that error message: "The Specified Domain Either Does Not Exist or Could Not Be Contacted" I already disable firewall and IPV6. I...

Hi, My wife purchased a recon PC with Windows 10 installed, it networked with my windows 7 PC okay. I've finaly gotten round to upgrading my PC to windows 10 and I cannot see her PC. How do I go about getting the two PCs to be on the network? thanks, Gerald

Hello, I am trying to see if there is a way in Windows 10 to create a wireless network or hotspot for an OpenVPN connection. To explain - on my Windows 10 laptop, I am connected to my home access point and then I open up OpenVPN and connect to my VPN. Then I'm wondering if I can create a...

I don't find anything on this and i'm trying to configure my home linux mini server to be able to make some lan webpages discoverable by windows as a "network infrastructure device" or other devices/media devices in the network explorer. I know it is possible as my router has the administration...

I am reasonable acquainted with windows computers and Android phones; as much as a long retired engineer ( I worked with all kinds of computers) can be. To overcome some of the boredom, much to great annoyance of my wife (who strangely thinks I already spend too much time on computers!), I have...

In the past I mount a remote shared folder as drive W: in my local Windows Explorer with a command similar to: net use w: \\192.168.0.21\myshare /persistent:no This works successfully on a IPv4 connection. At first: Which remote port does the "net share" command (implicitely) connect to on...

I'm trying to share a folder between computers. The first computer has the file on it and I shared it with all privledges (read/write/etc..) for all users. It is a Win 7 home computer so its not a domain account. The second computer is on the domain. I get "\\computer 1 is not accessible. You...

Hello everyone, I am new to networking and spent the last few days setting up a Windows Server 2016 environment with a domain controller, dhcp server and file server using VirtualBox following tutorials and doing research. All is working well and now I am now trying to wrap my head around Group...

Is it a bad idea to use the subdomain of the company's public website as the domain name when setting up Anywhere Access? Or should I be buying a brand new domain? We have an SSL certificate for the subdomain so I wanted to use that ideally. I'm using the wizard in Windows Server Essentials...

What is the file path to find out the current IP Addresses stored within a Windows 10 machine? I’m using Autopsy for practice purposes

I am currently in the middle of testing a hack on a Windows 10 virtual machine via brute force attack. I successfully hacked into the Windows 10 (victim) machine via OpenSSH port which I opened myself I have looked on Windows Event viewer and have noticed that it shows the attack attempts and...

I have absolutely drove myself nuts trying to figure out what is going on with my pc connection. Recently I started noticing that I was not getting anywhere near the speed I should from comcast. Technician came out and did replace the modem, but stated that he couldn't find anything wrong...

Hi all, What is the best way to do port forwarding under windows? As I am happy linux user, I usually do it with one-line command below: ssh user1@yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy -L 3432:nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn:5432 Next I can just use 127.0.0.1:3432 like it's on my local machine. The thing is that I will have to...

I generally use a VPN when on the Internet. I'm wondering if I'm logged on to a secure site (HTTPS), does using a VPN provide any extra security, or is it not necessary at all? Thank you.