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  • IP network design, part 1: Fundamental principles

    A competent network design is the foundation upon which all successful network implementations are built. This is the first of four articles that focus on the design of IP-based networks, due to the prevalence of IP as the de-facto standard desktop p...  Tip

  • Free RSS readers: What you need to know

    Do you RSS? If "Really Simple Syndication" is foreign to you, this tip will bring you up to speed by introducing how the increasingly popular news-feed technology works and how you can use it to keep yourself informed.  Tip

  • Making sense of Windows routing tables

    When routing packets across a network, things do occasionally go wrong. In these situations, it is helpful to be familiar with the Windows routing tables. Routing tables dictate the flow of packets from the machine in question. This tip will show you...  Tip

  • WCCP

    WCCP is a relatively new protocol that allows routers to talk to your cache server. It isn't a routing protocol in the traditional sense, but it may be directing traffic around your network in the near future. Tom Lancater helps you familiarize yours...  Tip

  • Router numbers

    Many of the routing protocols implemented in Cisco's IOS require a number to follow the command that enables the routing protocol in question. If you're new to routing, these numbers can be a little confusing, as they mean something different to each...  Tip

  • Configuring Windows Server 2003 to act as a NAT router

    Today, IP addresses are quickly becoming a scarce commodity. But a PC must have an IP address in order to communicate with the Internet. So what if there aren't enough IP addresses left for every PC to be given one? The solution is a technology calle...  Tip

  • Changes to TCP/IP in Windows Vista

    Microsoft has made some major changes to the way that TCP/IP is implemented in the next version of its operating system, Windows Vista. Learn what they are and what they mean to your network.  Tip

  • How QoS appliances subdue VoIP bugbears

    QoS appliances look deep into packets to counteract delay, jitter and packet loss, improving call quality. David Jacobs explains how in this tip.  Tip

  • Router Expert: Building a WLAN proxy server, IP routing

    This tip describes how to configure a multi-interface Linux server so it reaches all of the networks beyond all of its local interfaces by implementing a static kernel IP route table.  Tip

  • VoIP natural fit with text-to-speech information delivery

    Turning text into sound involves several potential technical hurdles and numerous interesting components. Ed Tittel explains the process in this tip.  Tip

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