Posts Tagged ‘networks’

Linux AD from Likewise

Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:57 2 Comments

likewise

There’s no doubting the ubiquitous predominance of Microsoft® Active Directory™ (AD) across business enterprise networks of the world (well done Microsoft), however in the emerging new age of browser based cloud application delivery an Ubuntu Linux desktop client is a distinct no brainer, why pay good money for software licensing and expensive high end hardware to (basically) just run Firefox?

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Service Provider

Sunday, February 1, 2009 9:40 2 Comments

private-ip-table

So then, IP addressing.

I discovered a *supposed* web facing router the other day which was allocated a 10.***.****.**** address, as the above table shows this is one of three schemas allocated for private network use only. If you check your home computers IP I’ll wager a pound to a penny it’ll start with 192 (if not you’re flying without a safety net….go and buy a NAT router immediately), and I did say HOME computer by the way, business networks of any size invariably run on the 10.***.***.*** schema which, as shown, offers huge flexibility with over 16 million separate IP addresses.

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