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Archive of posts tagged TCP/IP

ToolTip: Simple IP/IP Range Ping

Posted by  on 31 January 2012, 7:52 pm

I guess the name says it all, Simple IP/IP Range Ping is a small FREE standalone utility to scan an IP range. Simple IP/IP Range ping can be downloaded from here

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ToolTip: Citrix Port Check (CtxPrtChk.exe)

Posted by  on 16 May 2011, 5:22 pm

Here’s a nice small and FREE utility from Citrix that allows you to test connectivity to a remote host on a specified port. In the example below I test if port 5900 (used for VNC) is open and listening. Download CtxPrtChk from here

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The Argument against Disabling IPv6

Posted by  on 8 March 2010, 10:09 pm

Last Friday I met with some friends I used to work with in the past and we had some talk about Windows 7 and IPv6. One had mentioned that they would explicitly disable the IPv6 on the client systems, this because they would not use it and they wanted to avoid unnecessary network traffic on [...]

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ToolTip: SoftPerfect Network Scanner

Posted by  on 27 February 2010, 6:00 pm

Just found another nice FREE Utility. As the name says SoftPerfect Network Scanner allows you to scan your network and allows you to find any IP, NetBIOS or SNMP enabled devices. The tool also supports Remote WMI, Registry and Service access that can be customized to your own needs. The Tool does not require installation. [...]

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Some thoughts on IPv6

Posted by  on 23 February 2009, 11:52 pm

About 3 years ago when Windows Vista was on the horizon there has been a lot of talk around IPv6. But since then, at least in the environment I work in, it has become quiet around this topic. On Wikipedia we can read that based on a study from Google, penetration is still less than [...]

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IPv4 vs IPv6 Song

Posted by  on 23 February 2009, 9:43 pm

In my next blog post i will address the IP version 6 topic, but let me first share this amusing video I found while I was collecting information around IPv6. It’s really worth listening. 

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TCP/IP Registry values for Vista and Server 2008

Posted by  on 15 February 2009, 4:42 pm

Microsoft has updated the TCP/IP Registry Values for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 whitepaper that describes how to modify the TCP/IP behavior by making registry edits. The document can be downloaded from here

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TCP/IP Fundamentals for Windows

Posted by  on 1 October 2008, 7:39 am

Need an update on TCP/IP ? then download this paper:  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c76296fd-61c9-4079-a0bb-582bca4a846f&DisplayLang=en

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