Category: LAN Networking

FTP Server
article #64, updated 5659 days ago

The best FTP server software for Windows right now, is very probably zFTPServer:

http://www.zftpserver.com/

It has all the features of FileZilla, but works well under Server 2008, which FileZilla does not. It is free of charge, but there are for-pay additional modules, including a Windows authentication module which looks very interesting indeed.

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LDAP connection to Active Directory domain controller
article #52, updated 5741 days ago

To connect to a Windows 2003 domain controller by LDAP, and search for email addresses embedded in user objects, use the following, replacing the first line elements as if the local domain were “localdomain.local”.

dc=localdomain,dc=local
Port: 3268
Auth: NTLM
Object name: mail

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Printing over the Internet, and To Unix, From Windows
article #38, updated 5841 days ago

Here is some excellent information:

http://www.owlfish.com/thoughts/winipp-cups-2003-07-20.html

This also works well on LAN/WAN with many print servers.

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Time servers and firewalls
article #35, updated 5902 days ago

For most Internet time server synchronization to work, port 123 has to be open. This works for both NTP and SNTP. There are other protocols, not very often used; a comprehensive discussion is here:

http://www.kloth.net/software/timesrv1.php

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D-Link wireless access point certificate problem
article #32, updated 5917 days ago

Brand new D-Link wireless access point, DIR-615. Two different laptops saw the SSID, tried to connect; but Windows reported that it was not able to find a certificate for the network. Connection was reported “successful”, but it didn’t work at all.

Hung on D-Link tech support for 90 minutes, their tech had heard of the problem before, did have to go hunting…but the answer was in the WAP itself. On the console, under Advanced, there’s an item named Wi-Fi Protected Setup. This is enabled by default; and it has to be disabled, in order for this WAP to work with any wireless NICs except those few which have an automatic setup arrangement built-in, apparently called WPS.

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