Recent content by AgPaul

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    Monitoring home network

    PRTG now has a great freeware version of their monitoring software but the tough part is (like it was said before) getting hardware capable of sending information to the PRTG server.
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    Fiber Using Existing Switches ?

    I see no reason why that wouldn't work you can also get lightning surge protectors for standard cat 6 cabling. Is this cabling going underground or on a guide wire to the shed?
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    Netflix making me lag, cant play games

    2nd router wont help without a second internet connection
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    Router Setup (Advanced)

    you need to connect the ISP hub to the "internet port" on the rigged together router with dd-wrt. I'm guessing there is a setting somewhere in the firmware to configure that. your physical setup is this: external coaxial -> ISP hub, eth1 -> router eth1 (+wifi) -eth4 -> switch -> device but...
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    Creating VPN connection between multiple home networks

    yeah this kind of set up gets heavy quick it takes all of 20 minutes to get the vpn physically up but then to get everything else you want working takes time, and you'll probably run into a lot bumps a long the way.
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    Network Error Windows Cannot Access (network share)

    run > sysdm.cpl there you can find the workgroup / domain options (it will be on the computer name tab) to turn off ipv6 run > ncpa.cpl (network and sharing center > change adapter settings) > right click on local area connection > properties > uncheck ipv6 > click okay > reboot
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    can i run a cmd file as admin always ?

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1894967/how-to-request-administrator-access-inside-a-batch-file you could shorten your code to simply "taskkill /IM magnify.exe" too. It's more barbaric but it also works edit: the code in that link works like a charm (i just tried it). if you don't want the...
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    my win not booting

    you can't boot to the hdd because you wiped it clean long before you pressed cancel. take the usb out, unplug the battery, hold down the power button for 10 seconds. then boot to the usb drive again and try to install windows again. it doesn't matter how many gig's you give the installation (as...
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    Kernel 41 Repetitive Automatic Shutdowns

    pop in your windows usb and let the windows startup troubleshooter run through and see if it catches anything this tut may be helpful as well http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/163216-bootrec-exe-tool-how-use-windows-recovery-environment.html
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    windows task manager starting processes by itself

    depends, what are the process names run malwarebytes
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    Crash then bootmgr is missing, BIOS takes time to load HDD or my OS

    8/10 times i've come across this, it has been because of a dying hardrive
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    I have "Internet Access", but my Network says "No internet access"

    yeah the troubleshooter is trash can you access other websites just fine?
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    Creating VPN connection between multiple home networks

    So you want all the pc's in bro, sis, and dad's house to go to yours? do they just have to be able to read and write to your qnap?
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    Can't access internal network by VPN from Guest network.

    i'm sure there is a firewall rule blocking you. can you ping the vpn server? why does there need to be vpn access to the companies internal network from their guest network?