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The current version of cyberoam firmware does not support CHAPv2 protocols, so to connection using a PPTP connection to a cyberoam you need to configure specific PAP security settings
1.       Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Network and Sharing Center and click ‘Setup a connection or network’.
2.       Click ‘Connect to a workplace’ followed by “Next” button
3.       Click ‘No, create a new [...]

In order to configure your Blackberry to pick up e-mail from your server  you need to go to this website
https://bis.ap.blackberry.com/html?brand=vodaau
you will need your login username and password. Contact Vodafone on 1300 30 10 30 for assistance on getting usernames and passwords. Generally they will be able to configure the settings for you.
You will need to [...]

Resetting modem to Factory Defaults
Using the tip of a ballpoint pen or unfolded paperclip, press and hold the Reset button located on the bottom of the router. The pwr LED will blink red once, indicating that the reset has begun.
Continue depressing the Reset button for four seconds or until the pwr LED begins to blink [...]

The earlier versions of the sermon on the TP link had no facility to enable ping the router – very annoying for quick and easy diagnostic work.
The lastest firmware for their routers enables this feature to be turned on.
Go to the TP link downloads page http://www.tp-link.com/support/download.asp download and install the latest firmware.
Once it is loaded [...]

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Cisco do not appear to have released a 64 bit VPN client, certainly not for free.
Bad luck for the increasing part of the population using 64 bit OS clients. I guess we’ll all have to be limited to 2Gb of RAM for Ciscos sake, or DUMP CISCOs for being so backwards. OR
You can download the [...]

If you follow this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309814 to configure automatically detect settings in Internet explorer and have set up a WPAD alias on your DNS server, you may find the autodiscovery is not working.
If you try to ping wpad or wpad.domainname.local you get a response Ping request could not find host wpad. Please check the name [...]

I’m at 2cx training which is a terminal server add on for publishing applications and load balancing terminal servers.
If you manage hundreds of systems using remote desktop like we do, managing all the connections can get messy. 2cx provide a free terminal server client which allows you to add all the connections within the client, and to [...]

I have come across this case a couple of times where for some reason after operating successfully for some days or weeks all port 80 traffic starts getting blocked by a 2wire router.
This occurs when the router is connected to the computers through a switch, as opposed to all computers connecting directly to the router.
In [...]

If you need to extend the coverage of your wireless network without cabling between access points you can implement a Wireless Distribution Systems (WDS)
They can be tricky to get working without knowing some specific information. This information is not absolute for every kind of router configuration but it works:

Both Routers must support WDS. Check before [...]