The Internet blackout in Egypt serves as an excellent case study for the kind of disaster any IT department should be ready to face. Backup systems must be in place for the day when servers crash, a ...

I'm stuck behind dialup for the time being, and have set up connection sharing for the dial-up connection. Is there any way for me to create a shortcut on the client computer to automatically dial out ...

Remember dial-up? It wasn’t so long ago that a 56K modem was the default method of getting online. The unforgettable sound of a successful connection. The undisputable inconvenience of occupying the ...

I'm trying to set up a friend to work from home. He has a small business, and would like to be able to work on his work machine at home (mostly Quickbooks, etc.). Both home and work machines are XP, ...

I have a rather unusual question. I have two computers at home: one desktop and one laptop. I’d like to be able to share an Internet connection with both of these systems. I would also like to be able ...

Before ADSL was introduced around 2000, internet connections were overwhelmingly ``dial-up connections,'' where you dialed your home modem to an access point provided by your provider and connected ...