For the last few years, the number of spam emails seems to have gone up drastically. Along with this, the danger of the emails has increased significantly as well. Now that most of the pharmaceutical emails are being blocked either in the cloud, or at the network perimeter, most of what is left is zero…
I recently ran across a very frustrating problem with Office 15 (Office 365/ Office 2013). After uninstalling office on a Windows 7 computer, I could not reinstall it. The error I received was ‘Couldn’t Install’. We’re sorry, we had a problem installing your Office programs(s). I could not find any additional errors or issues…
I’ve been working with some web images, and decided to have a little fun to learn how to use Gimp and InkScape better. So I took a picture of my cat after she jumped into a tiny cardboard box. Somehow she defied the laws of physics getting into that thing. After ‘photoshopping’ her several…
I will be the first to admit that I don’t always own the latest and greatest technology. I was one of the last people on earth to get rid of my old tube TV, I am still living without surround sound (*gasp!), and my car is over 10 years old, has nearly 200,000 miles and…
I have been setting up several Cisco 2504 Wireless LAN controllers for branch sites lately, and just got in a Cisco 5508 WLC for a larger branch. I had a little trouble finding the USB console driver for the 5508–Cisco’s website took me to a .inf file that does not work in Windows 7 64bit. I…
Got a new Cisco 881 router and I wanted to set up the internal 801Access Point to boot to LWAPP on a newly purchased Cisco C881W. LWAPP is Cisco’s propietary lightweight access point protocol, it requires a WLC (Cisco Wireless LAN Controller) to operate it. Since we have many AP’s running this way at my…
IP Chicken (www.ipchicken.com) is a website that will display the IP address of your computer, tablet or phone. While it is very popular, there are actually several useful websites out there that show you your IP address. This can come in handy when you are behind a firewall or router, and need to know the…
Every once in a while, you actually care what private IP address your Android phone picked up on your wireless network. Why? Well, you may be capturing packets at the network edge, troubleshooting some obscure problem, or testing network connectivity. If you use an iphone, you most likely don’t need to know this because you…
Typically the LED on Cisco Aironet wireless access points glows a soothing blue color if a client is associated, or a steady green if it is patiently waiting for someone to join it’s network and share its amazing WLANs. Today I ran across an interesting problem that I hadn’t seen before. One Cisco Aironet 3502e access…
Wireless network problems? Here are a few easy tips to make sure your wireless network is running great. 1.) Is it really your WiFi? Maybe the most difficult part of troubleshooting any technology problem is finding the root of the problem. Is it really your WiFi or is it your broadband connection? We can find…
