Often when you're working on a computer, you need to connect to other computers to run software or check data on them. This could involve connecting to a business server used by your work team or ...

A static IP address gives a fixed address to your computer on the local network at your business. Port forwarding is used by computers on the Internet to connect to a specific device on your internal ...

If remote desktop can’t connect to the remote computer and fails with the error message Your computer could not connect to another console session on your Windows ...

I run an FTP server on my machine from time to time to transfer files from my computer to a home computer or to friends. I used to have a permenant IP address when I lived in the dorms. I now live in ...

Knowing your IP address can help protect your home network and data from prying eyes. Here's how to find it. Trey Paul was a CNET senior editor covering broadband. His 20+ years of experience as a ...

Every device connected to a network has an IP address. It is a unique identifier that locates your computer or Mac on the network. Your Mac connects to the internet through a network or router; which ...

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Internet networking involves a lot of alchemy, and I confess to occasionally dropping an eye of newt (or an IP of newt) into a boiling pot to fix problems on my local network. There’s a particular ...

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Turn off your router. Unplug the power adapter from the wall socket. Wait for a few minutes. Plug the power adapter from the wall socket and turn on your router. Now ...

I have a user who's machine is not pingable on our network, using computer hostname or associated IP. However, in troubleshooting this, I see that the IP the machine actually has does not resolve to ...

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