Saturday, September 17, 2005

About Computer Networking: Networking Conversations - Week of 12 Sept. 2005

 
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This week's hot discussion topics include IP address conflicts, security and network upgrades. Voting also continues to run very close in our open polls. If you have a networking question not already answered on our message board, feel free to ask us anytime.
 
 In the Spotlight
Private VPN Address Conflict at Hotel
If you travel and use VPN to connect to your company's network, it's possible you'll run into the same problem this reader did recently at a business hotel. Unfortuntely, in this particular situation your VPN won't work and there's nothing much you can do about it. If you're a "road warrior," it's best to get familiar with this scenario and talk to your IT administrators about workarounds.

 
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One Computer Causes Whole Network to Fail
Here's an interesting reader problem: their 2-computer network is functioning fine, but whenever a third computer is added, the whole network breaks. What could cause something like this, and how can it be avoided? Our experts have one idea, perhaps you have another one.

 
Security Key Management in WPA
Here's a more advanced networking Q&A: "Does anyone know how often the dynamic keys are regenerated when using WPA/TKIP?" How often is the master key regenerated? See what the experts have to say.

 
 
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