Basic Network Commands in Windows

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Mick Genie

Today, I will show some Network commands used in Windows Operating System. You might use some of the command daily and some of it which is useful but you have never used it.

nslookup
This is a tools that always use to check the DNS information such as ns, a, mx, txt, etc. Sometimes, it is important to check the DNS if your domain entered to the expired and you have forgotten to renew your domain name causing the domain provider temporarily change your DNS information.

tracert
tracert is trace route in Linux and it is the same like trace route, with tracert, you are allowed to understand the hop route from your PC to the server (destination).

arp -a
With the command “arp -a”, it gives you the IPs list of your internal network and easily to allow you to know which IPs used in your network if you are not using DHCP network.

ping
ping is the mostly used to understand if a domain or IP able to return the response in short time.

ipconfig
ipconfig is widely used by network administrator to test out some of the testing on the internal network and the command could be /all, /flushdns, etc.

pathping
pathping is the advance(newer version) of tracert and it show you the result in another method.

Popularity: 5%

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Enable ActiveSync for Google Apps

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Mick Genie

ActiveSync is important for today mobile device as it allow your mobile device to get up-to-date messages.

By default, Google Apps do not enable the ActiveSync feature alhtough it is supported by Google Apps.

To enable Google Apps ActiveSync from your account,

1. Log into the Google Apps account.
2. Click on the Mobile Options.

3. Click on “Enable Google Sync” and Save it.
4. You have done it.

To Setup your Mobile device,
1. Use your full Google Apps email address as your user name (e.g. “user@mickgenie.com”) rather than just your username (e.g “user”)
2. Use “m.google.com” as the Exchange ActiveSync server name.
3. Enable SSL.

Popularity: 7%

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Twitter Official Tweet Button

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Mick Genie

Twitter is one of the social media now used for many purpose, today, twitter have announced their officially tweet button and you do not need to use third-party application to apply the tweet button.

Twitter button officially named as Tweet button.

Now, you may generate your own tweet button as URL below.
http://twitter.com/tweetbutton

Below is the sample workable tweet button from mickgenie.

Somehow, Mick Genie felt that only have Twitter button but removed all the rest might not convenience, hence I have used AddThis button as URL below.
http://www.addthis.com/gallery/tweet-like-share

I have removed AddtoAny Plusigin and customize the setting. :-)

AddThis API could find from URL below.
http://www.addthis.com/help/client-api#rendering-decoration

Popularity: 14%

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Free Proxy Server List

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Mick Genie

Sometimes, you might want to hide your IPs from the Internet to perform some task or even want to try to test some task from different country.

A proxy server has a large variety of potential purposes, including:

  • To keep machines behind it anonymous (mainly for security).
  • To speed up access to resources (using caching). Web proxies are commonly used to cache web pages from a web server.
  • To apply access policy to network services or content, e.g. to block undesired sites.
  • To log / audit usage, i.e. to provide company employee Internet usage reporting.
  • To bypass security/ parental controls.
  • To scan transmitted content for malware before delivery.
  • To scan outbound content, e.g., for data leak protection.
  • To circumvent regional restrictions.

Now, you may get the free proxy server list as URL below.

http://www.digitalcybersoft.com/ProxyList/fresh-proxy-list.shtml

Popularity: 28%

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Automate SQL Server Task

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Mick Genie

When you running SQL Server, it is impossible for you to back up your database manually daily. Hence you will need some tool to schedule your SQL server to backed up daily.

With SQL server, you may easily backup your database without any extra tools but using the SQL Agent services to back up your task.

Step 1: Open SQL Server Agent and expand Job Activity Monitor.

Step 2: Right click and select new job. Enter the necessary information and click on the check box.

Step 3: Put your command into the command box and enter the necessary information.

Step 4: Schedule the date and time or routine time to run the task.

Popularity: 15%

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Microsoft WebMatrix Beta

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Mick Genie

Microsoft WebMatrix is a cool thing that allow you to easily support and install your application within your server without much knowledge on how to manually setup your IIS, database engine, etc.

With WebMatrix, you can easily install IIS Developer Express which known as IIS Express, ASP.Net (.Net Framework), SQL Server Express(MSSQL Express), etc easily and with just a click.

How to install WebMatrix?
As you know, Microsoft do have Web Platform Installer and you can look for WebMatrix from there.

Managing and maintain database engine.
- By using WebMatrix, you can easily maintain your SQL within the user interface.

Mick Genie still exploring WebMatrix and shall share more tips on WebMatrix :-)

Popularity: 16%

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Download file easily with RapidShare and MegaUpload

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Mick Genie

Sometimes, you might want to download some ebook that shared from the RapidShare or MegaUpload, but for some reason, you might stop using it as you are not able to download the split file with the same time as it is limitation of the file speed, number of file download, etc.

For some user, they might using some Internet Browser addon to bypass this and using the proxy server to download those file, but there is another easy way I could recommend you.

Below is the step.
1. Go to http://www.fileserver.cc.
2. Register an account.
3. Go to Free URL Leech.
4. Add your URL and click Upload.
5. Download your File.

Popularity: 20%

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Change your MAC address in Linux

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Mick Genie

Every PC do have their own MAC Address and MAC address used like identity for the network card.

An MAC address of an ethernet device is a 6 bytes number in expression of 12.
08-00-27-00-F8-EB

Sometimes, you need to change the MAC address to bypass the network blocking, to sniffing the network packet, etc. And it is quite easy to  use a handy tool in Linux called MACchanger-GTK.

To install it, simply go to your Add/Remove Software application and for the macchanger and install it.

1. Select your Network Interface from the drop down.
2. Click See current MAC (this will display your address in a new window).
3. Click the Known vendor button. If your NIC is detected with enough information you can then change the address to another address of the same manufacturer. If not, your best bet is to go with Random.
4. From the Options drop down select one of the methods for changing your address.
5. Click Change MAC.

Popularity: 19%

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