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What is IPv6? Before I get into all of the nitty gritty details regarding why IPv6 is a requirement, I want to talk briefly about what IPv6 is for the benefit of those who may not have been exposed to it before. As you probably know, the Internet is based on the IP protocol. The current implementation of the IP […]
Read moreAn introduction to the IPv6 address space. The IPv6 Address Space The most obvious difference between the two protocols is the length of their source and destination addresses. The whole point of making the switch to IPv6 is to compensate for a global shortage of IP addresses. It only makes sense that the IPv6 protocol has a larger address space than […]
Read moreThis article will continue the introduction to the IPv6 protocol by discussing IPv6 address formatting and the various types of IPv6 addresses. In the first part of this article series, I talked about some of the differences in the way that IP addresses are expressed in IPv6 as opposed to the way that addresses are expressed in IPv4. In this […]
Read moreIn Part 2 of this article series, I explained that there are actually three different types of IPv6 addresses; unicast, multicast, and anycast. In that article, I briefly explained that unicast addresses are used to identify an individual host on a network. Multicast addresses, on the other hand, identify a group of network interfaces that typically reside on multiple computers. When […]
Read moreIntroduction I thought that this article might be helpful for Windows Network Admins out there who need some “brush-up tips” as well as those who are interviewing for network admins jobs to come up with a list of 10 networking concepts that every network admin should know. So, here is my list of 10 core networking concepts that every […]
Read moreAdding Delegates in Google Mail Login to the google account with the user for whom you will be adding delegates. Click on the “Gear” (upper right corner) and from the drop down menu select “Settings. Click on the “Accounts” tab. Click on the “Add Another Account” link in “Grant access to your account.” . Enter the e-mail address of […]
Read moreContact is ideal when you want user to communicate with non-Microsoft mail system and external SMTP addresses. It is know as recipient in older exchange environment, now in Exchange 2003, contacts are created in Active Directory and viewed in the Global Catalog in the same manner as a mail-enabled user object. Each contact can be assigned an SMTP address in […]
Read moreHow to Export contacts out of Outlook to Import into Google First open Outlook and get to the Import/Export option Outlook XP and 2003 go to File > Import and Export Outlook 2007 and 2010 go to File > Open > Import Select “Export to a File” and click Next Select “Comma Separated Values (Windows) and click Next Select “Contacts” […]
Read more* Gmail: Create nested labels In your old mail system, you might have organized your mail messages in folders. If you had a lot of different categories of messages, you probably nested your folders in a hierarchy. That way, you could find a message by navigating and opening your folders. In Gmail, you can do the same thing. Only instead […]
Read moreEmails that automatically go to the SPAM folder and are not suppose to go there. You can set it so it never goes to SPAM using a filter. Select the email(s) that you want to never go to SPAM: 1. select “filter messages like these” 2. create filter with this search 3. select “Never send it to SPAM” 4. click […]
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