Please help my friend.. she has a HP Pavilion Entertainment PC DV 6700. This is what she told me Any ideas?
You asked why I said what I said in a rep, and all I can say is that's it's typical CEO bullshit that says lots without saying anything. Explain to me the following things: (a) the problem space that they're in (b) the solution they provide God knows after reading that shit, I couldn't even begin to answer those 2 simple, basic questions. The fact that Ethernet isn't even the protocol used for most transcontinental networking is beside the point. That blurb might as well have been generated by a Dilbert mission statement generator.
I'm guessing this is going to be more of the same, but this is the news release by the company I am invested in. As you guys have said, it's hard to discern what they are talking about, especially coming from a CEO and the fact that no revenue projections were provided. In response to your questions Nettdata A) The problem they see if "Utilizing Neutral Tandem's Ethernet eXchange service solves the complex technical and business challenges traditionally tied to interconnecting to multiple service providers" B) Their solution, "NT is changing the market dynamics with its neutral, Ethernet eXchange, which acts as a nexus for the Ethernet community by enabling providers to interconnect with one another in a centralized hub instead of having to negotiate and provision connections with multiple carriers one by one." Beyond that, I have no idea what they are trying to do, and I obviously am not knowledgeable about the problems they are talking about. If it still makes no sense, then I will assume it means nothing and wait for more details from the company and/or concrete revenue coming from the venture. Thanks.
Looking to hire a tech guy part-time for my business's network in Atlanta. What's the going hourly rate for freelance IT support these days? Craig's List hasn't helped, if anyone out there is looking for part time work....
Last shop I worked at (4 months ago) billed $85/hour for tier 2 and $95/hour for tier 3. Tier 3 was comprised of guys like myself who weren't just "I can fix your computer" people but people who had special skills, like networking or deep systems admin experience. We had more work than we could handle. Hope that helps.
I got this rep in response to the above: In response to the former, rates much lower than that are generally going to net you "computer fix-it" people. They'll remove viruses. They may even attempt to set up your network. But you're not going to get a shop full of qualified, intelligent, experienced people for $40/hour. That's a generalization, of course, but if you are getting those things at that price, the shop is under-selling themselves. This guy wants business consulting for a network. Pay the money. The network is going to be the foundation on which you build the business, it's not worth screwing around with trying to find a bargain. You hire the $40/hour guys to do your network and there's a good chance it's going to come back and bite you in the ass in the most inopportune time. So yes, you can charge that kind of rate - and more. Don't be mislead by the random jerks that claim they can do it all for dirt cheap prices. In response to the latter, sometimes yes, sometimes no. If they're trying to undercut local shops, then yes. If they're highly talented, skilled individuals who bring a lot to the table, then no, not if they're smart. There's overhead to running a business.
depends on how hardcore - you could be looking at between 10 and 30 an hour depending on the workload and tasks required.
I need a good print to tiff utility that's free and works with XP Pro 64 bit. All I'm finding on Google is shitty shareware stuff. Thanks.
As I mentioned in another thread I recently bought an arcade machine. I understand this runs off a MAME emulator. I have around 200 odd games pre-popped to it but would like to add more, does anyone have any experiences with this? Any advice would be appreciated.
Quick question about routers. I just upgraded to a 50mbps line from Cox, running speedtest.net through my router maxes out at about 6mbps. Plugging my ethernet cable directly into the modem returns a speed of 53mbps. What should I be looking for when I buy a new router? My current router is a Netgear prosafe VPN firewall FVS318v3 10/100 mbps, currently has 6 people hooked into it, with 2 to be leaving shortly. I'd like to stay wired as well. Thanks for any help! Edit: I found this one on D-links website, <a class="postlink" href="http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=495" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=495</a> 8 ports with a 10/100/1000 mbps. Thoughts?
That D-Link looks like a switch. I believe you need a router. The router will have 10/100/1000(maybe) switched ports. That means you'll get 10/100/1000 mbps between those ports (PC to PC), but not necessarily to the internet because the routing port will have less throughput because it's processing the traffic (NAT, filtering, etc). I found this throughput chart for various routers. They list the NetGear ProSafe VPN Firewall at 7mbps throughput so it sounds like it's at least in the ballpark with regards to throughput speeds when compared to your testing. You could check that list, find a few that are above 50mbps and do some research. You could probably take an old machine and build a Linux router also, if you've got one laying around. Nettdata/binary_visions will most likely correct anything I have wrong.
Thanks, the only problem is I can't really seem to find an actual router with more then 4-5 ports, with the 10/100/1000mbps speed I think I need.
Never did it, but I don't see why you couldn't get a 4-port 10/100/1000 router and connect a 4/8/whatever switch to one of the network ports. You may need a crossover cable.
Is there any difference between buying an external hard drive and buying a hard drive and an hard drive enclosure? It seems like buying an internal hard drive and just putting it in the enclosure would be cheaper, no?
Exactly. And most newer home-grade routers/switches auto-detect and handle uplinks, so you probably don't even have to worry about cross-over cables.
I'm having a pisser of a time trying to install a video card, of all fucking things. The machine is a Dell Precision Workstation T3500. I'm attempting to install a Quatro 3400 into it. This is a fresh Windows XP Sp3 install. No other apps are installed, but the NIC, sound and chipset drivers are installed. I'm getting an Access is Denied error whenever I attempt to install it through the Device Manager. When I manage to get the driver installed with the nvidia installer, after the reboot, the screen stays black after the splash screen, but before you can log into Windows. Stuff I've tried: Formatting and reinstalling Windows Checking various permissions in the registry (but this is a fresh install. This shouldn't matter.) Using different versions of the Quatro driver Stuff I'm ready to do: Burn down the office. Anybody that can point me in the right direction is owed a beer by me. Thanks
I've had something similar happen when the monitor I was using wouldn't display the resolution the card was set at, but usually I got the monitor screen saying so and the green monitor led went to amber (no signal). This doesn't sound quite like that but you could always try getting the drivers installed, getting the black screen, and then booting to VGA mode and pick a resolution you know the monitor and card both support.
Pretty much any switch manufactured in the last 5 years supports Auto-MDIX, and it's built into the gigabit standard so if it's a 1000mbps switch, it will definitely have it.
I need to find a document online which has been replaced by a newer version in the last few weeks. Is there a way to google search for that?
I posted this in the "Can Somebody Help..." thread, but the only response I got was to throw my Xbox off a balcony because it is possessed by Satan. Maybe I'll have better luck here. I think my xbox 360 is broken. I was playing Bioshock the other day and I noticed some weird degradation of graphics a few minutes in. So I saved the game and quit, then restarted my xbox, but it isn't displaying anything (I was using an HDMI cable). I played around with other inputs, like the composite and rgb inputs that came with it and nothing works. I know it's on because I can still turn it off with the controller, but it's isn't displaying anything. Anybody have any idea what happened or how to fix it?