Networking IP Addressing and Subnetting
The following is a practice test I had once, I’ve added how you work the answers out on the sheet for future reference. Part of it is below, the rest can be found in the IP Addressing and Subnetting PDF. 1. What networks do the following host IP Addresses belong to? Fairly standard, the addresses below are classful addresses so just work out what class they are; A for example is a Class B address so the network is 132.86.0.0, B is a Class A address so the network is 14.0.0.0 IP Address Subnet Mask Network Address A. 132.86.97.10 255.255.0.0 [...]
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Sync files with Microsoft SyncToy
I’ve been using Microsoft Sync Toy for a while now, I have a 16Gig USB stick which I use at TAFE, home and at work, documents are constantly being updated, created or removed. I wanted a program that backed these up to my computers hard drive whenever I plugged it in and ran it. The main interface. To create a new folder pair click the Create New Folder Pair button, click the browse button to select the folders you want synced, in my case a folder on my hard drive and my USB stick. The next screen you have 3 [...]
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How to work out the Network Address on Classless IP Addresses
How to work out the Network Address on Classless IP Addresses I’ve been going through my old CIT documents when I came across some instruction sheets I had created on how to work out the Network Address on Classless IP Addresses, I’m posting it here as I know a lot of other people also have difficulty with it. We were taught to take off 2 from the results as 0 and 255 are reserved, however Cisco gear can use them if my memory serves me correctly, you may need to modify your results to include them depending on what your School has advised you. For some reason the [...]
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Windows 7 SP1 Review Not
I almost managed to do a Windows 7 SP1 review on the weekend, I had all the information at hand and even had screen shots, the install went fine from what I could tell but Windows died after I tried to uninstall my ATI driver to load a new one. I bought Starcraft 2 on the weekend and during the install it told me I needed to upgrade my driver so I did, that is when the problems started, the driver didn’t uninstall, the Catalyst programs were just removed from my installed programs list in control-panel-programs and every time I tried to install [...]
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