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• This blog is moving... me too!

  This blog is moving to http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/ Read More... Posted 12 August 2005 17:30 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Microsoft, Industry News, Cool Stuff/Geeky, Tips and tricks, SharePoint, ISA Server, Windows Platform, Macintosh, ISP, SQL Server, Networking, IIS, Office Products, Open Source/Low Cost Software, Security, Exchange and Outlook/Outlook Express, Mobility, Systems Management, Virtualisation, Messaging, *nix, Integration, Web Browsers, Apache, Web Development, Inane Waffle

• IPv6 - so what's it all about?

  A few weeks back, I was at a Microsoft TechNet UK event , where Steve Lamb discussed Microsoft's implementation of the Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6), available in Windows 2000 service pack 3 or later, Windows XP service pack 1 or later, or Windows Server Read More... Posted 21 July 2005 11:52 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Platform, Networking

• Best practices for managing automatic IP addressing with DHCP

  Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) is often taken for granted - we expect it to work; however there are a few items which need to be considered and this post is intended as a general discussion of DHCP best practice. Most administrators will be Read More... Posted 21 July 2005 10:57 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Platform, Networking

• An introduction to MPLS

  Mansoor Majeed gave a presentation last week about multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) to Conchango 's Infrastructure Architecture community of practice. Mansoor doesn't have a blog of his own, so I'm taking this opportunity to write a little bit about Read More... Posted 01 June 2005 12:06 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Networking

• Tracking down the vendor portion of a MAC address

  I was trying to track down the source of an IP address conflict earlier today and I came across two sites offering a search service for the initial 24-bit (6 digit hexadecimal) vendor portion of an Ethernet media access control (MAC) address. The IEEE Read More... Posted 11 May 2005 13:08 by mark.wilson | 3 Comments Filed under: Tips and tricks, Networking

• Handy little 10/100 Ethernet switch

  Sometimes, when I'm on a client site, I think that it would be really useful to have an Ethernet switch with me but generally they are too big to carry around (even my excellent NetGear DS108 hub is a bit on the chunky side). Then last week, I spotted Read More... Posted 03 May 2005 16:09 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Cool Stuff/Geeky, Networking

• Spyware re-enforces the need for network segmentation and remediation

  There is no doubt that malicious software (malware) is on the increase. We have learnt how to deal with the ever increasing number of viruses, worms and Trojan horses , but spyware is now a major problem too. Earlier this month, it was widely reported Read More... Posted 31 March 2005 09:27 by mark.wilson | 2 Comments Filed under: Networking, Security

• Calculating download times

  Earlier today, I found a handy calculator for file download times (assuming a perfect connection at the stated speed - actual performance will vary due to retries, latency, transmission protocol requirements, and other concurrent traffic). Read More... Posted 01 January 2005 19:45 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Tips and tricks, Networking