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What is a LAN?
How do devices in your home talk to the internet? How does a local network work to connect all your devices and let them talk to the internet? Read about a LAN to learn one of the fundamental concepts of networking.
Getting Started in IT
Introduction to the series. A collection of articles aimed at helping you gain important IT knowledge to land your first job or just learn some stuff about IT and other technologies!
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Understanding Windows Server
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PowerShell, one of the most powerful tools and knowledge a Windows Admin can possess.
Setup an Administrator Account in Windows
Improve the security of your Windows install at home and reduce the potential risk of becoming victim to a cyber-attack
What is a firewall?
Firewalls, while not as destructive as they sound, are an important part of keeping a network secure and ensuring only allowed traffic can get through.
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Reviving your Vector Robot
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Locally Running an AI LLM Discord Bot
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PAW Deployment Architecture and Planning Considerations
Deploying PAW can be a real challenge there are lots of things to consider and risks that must be weighed to determine a solution that works well for your company. -
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Understanding Windows Server
Windows Server helps businesses run critical services to support their IT infrastructure and employees. -
Getting Started Series
Introduction to PowerShell
PowerShell, one of the most powerful tools and knowledge a Windows Admin can possess. -
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Setup an Administrator Account in Windows
Improve the security of your Windows install at home and reduce the potential risk of becoming victim to a cyber-attack -
Getting Started Series
What is a firewall?
Firewalls, while not as destructive as they sound, are an important part of keeping a network secure and ensuring only allowed traffic can get through. -
Getting Started Series
What is NAT?
More than likely your devices do have the same IP addresses as devices connected to your neighbors home network, and really everybody's home networks. How does this work then? -
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What is a LAN?
How do devices in your home talk to the internet? How does a local network work to connect all your devices and let them talk to the internet? Read about a LAN to learn one of the fundamental concepts of networking. -
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What is Group Policy
Group policy is the backbone of a corporate Windows computer deployment. It allows admins to control every aspect of the Windows devices they deploy to end users. -
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Firewall Basics
What are some of the basic functions of a firewall and how are the rules setup? What types of firewalls are there? -
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Domain Joined Computers
How do companies manage the thousands of devices for all of their employees and ensure they are all configured with the same settings? They use a Windows Domain. -
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What is DNS?
DNS is the phone book of the internet, it helps us remember how to get to computer resources and is usually the cause of a lot of networking issues. Be warned. -
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What is DHCP
DHCP is responsible for assigning IP addresses to computers on a network. Without DHCP it would be extremely hard to do any networking at the scale required in todays technology focused world. -
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Windows Basics: UNC
On a Windows computer and need to share files with another Windows computer on the same network quickly and easily? UNC will become your best friend -
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What is Active Directory?
No matter what company you work for, if they have domain joined Windows computers they will be using Active Directory. -
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Getting Started in IT
Introduction to the series. A collection of articles aimed at helping you gain important IT knowledge to land your first job or just learn some stuff about IT and other technologies! -
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What is PKI?
PKI provides the backbone for the internet and the secure transmission of data and authentication.