Introduction to what is an IP Address - http://www.freecomputertricks.in

Introduction to what is an IP Address - http://www.freecomputertricks.in

  April 13, 2013    PARTHASARATHI PANDA

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An IP Address (Internet Protocol Address) is the address that are use to signify every computer or device on a TCP/IP network.Every device on the network needs an ip address to talk or communicate each other.No machines on the network have the same IP address.If the Device or Computer on the network does not have an IP address it can not communicate with other devices.

Ip Address IPv 4

There are two version of Ip address
One is Ipv4 (Internet Protocol Version 4) 32bit and
the other one is Ipv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6)

We are currently use IPV4, which is 32bit addressing method divided into 4 octal and separated by . (dot)

Ip address are divided into 5 categories:-

Class A   -->    1.0.0.0        to    127.255.255.255
Class B   -->    128.0.0.0    to     191.255.255.255
Class C   -->    192.0.0.0    to     223.255.255.255
Class D   -->    224.0.0.0    to     239.255.255.255
Class E   -->    240.0.0.0    to     255.255.255.255

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Basic Networking Questions and Answers Part 3 (WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM DIFFERENCES) - Interview questions for system administrator or Desktop Support

Basic Networking Questions and Answers Part 3 (WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM DIFFERENCES) - Interview questions for system administrator or Desktop Support

  April 01, 2013    PARTHASARATHI PANDA

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Basic Networking Questions and Answers For WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM DIFFERENCES - Interview questions for system administrator or Desktop Support. Here are some basic differences between various operating system.

1. Difference between Windows 95  Windows 98

WINDOWS 95                                          WINDOWS 98

• NO USB support                                   USB Support
• FAT16 and FAT32 for R2                         FAT16 and FAT32
• Single monitor                                      Multiple monitor
• No Direct X                                          Direct X
• Internet Explorer 3                               Internet Explorer 4
• No Advance Power management         APM (Advance Power management)

2. Difference between Windows xp and Windows 98

WINDIWS XP                                           WINDOWS 98

• Remote desktop                                 No Remote desktop
• GPO (Group Policy)                             No GPO
• 2 processor                                       1 PROCESSOR
• NTLM & Kerberos                                NTLM authentication
• Encryption                                         No Encryption
• Disk quota                                         No Disk quota
• FAT, FAT32 and NTFS                          FAT and FAT32
• IE 5                                                  IE 4

3. Difference between Windows xp home and Windows xp professional

WINDOWS XP HOME                                    WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL

• No remote desktop                             Remote desktop
• No offline folders                               Offline folders
• 1 processor                                        2 processor
• Workgroup                                         Workgroup and domain
• No Encryption                                     Encryption
• No GPO                                             GPO
• No Roaming profile                            Roaming profile
• No ASR                                            ASR

WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM DIFFERENCES

4. Difference between Window 2000 professional and Windows xp professional

WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL                  WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL

• ERD                                                     ASR
• Terminal service                                    Remote desktop and assistance
• IE-5                                                     IE-6
• No firewall                                            Basic firewall
• No Alternate IP configuration                   Alternate IP configuration
• No System restore                                  System restore
• No Driver rollback feature                         Driver rollback feature

5. Difference between Windows 2000 server and 2003 server      

WINDOWS 2000                                         WINDOWS 2000

• No shadow copy                                        Shadow copy feature
• No RPC over HTTP                                     RPC over HTTP
• 32 BIT                                                     32 bit and 64 bit
• No domain rename features                        Domain rename features
• Terminal service                                   Remote desktop and assistance
• ERD                                                          ASR
• Less command line tool                               More command line tools
• No stub dns                                               Stub dns
• IIS 5 (Internet Information Services 5)           IIS 6

6. Difference between Windows NT and 2003

WINDOWS NT                                           WINDOWS 2003

• Directory service                               Active directory service
• FAT16 and NTFS 4.0                        FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS 5.0
• Compression                            Compression, Encryption and disk quota 
• System policy                                   Group policy
• Local and Global group                       Local, Global and Universal Group
• No ip sec                                          ipsec built in
• 40000 user limit                                100000 user limit
• NTLM authentication                   NTLM and Kerberos authentication
• Basic disk                                         Basic and dynamic disk
• No shadow copy                                 Shadow copy
• ERD                                                  ASR

7. Difference between Windows NT and 2000

WINDOWS NT                                            WINDOWS 2000

• Directory service                            Active directory service
• FAT16 and NTFS 4.0             FAT16, FAT32 AND NTFS 5.0                       
• Compression                          Compression, Encryption and Disk quota
• System policy                                     Group policy
• Local and Global group                 Local, Global and Universal Group
• No ip sec                                           ipsec built in
• 40000 user limit                                  100000 user limit
• NTLM authentication                 NTLM and Kerberos authentication
• Basic disk                                           Basic and dynamic disk

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How To Share A Printer Over LAN - Windows XP

How To Share A Printer Over LAN - Windows XP

  January 08, 2013    PARTHASARATHI PANDA

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You may know about printer sharing, if not then here is the topic about printer sharing. So first you should know What is printer sharing ? That means use one printer in multiple computers on the network. For example you installed a printer in one computer after sharing the printer you can access this printer in any other computer on the network to give prints.

Share A Printer Over LAN

Suppose you have 4 computers and the names are Office1, PC1, PC2 and PC3. You have installed a printer (i.e HP Laser Jet P1007) on Office1 computer and you want to share it to use in other three computers.

Steps:

1. The 4 computers should have networking using a Ethernet switch to communicate each other .
2. Go to the Office1 PC, on which you have installed a printer, Click on Start go to Control Panel, double click on "Printers and Faxes" Now you can see the printers you have installed.
3. Right click on the printer you want to share, here HP laser jet P1007 then click on Sharing.
4. You will see two options, Do not share this printer and Share this printer, Click on Share this printer then Click Apply then OK.
5. Now go to PC1 Click Start ---> Run or Press Windows Key + R to open RUN dialog box, type the computer name followed by backward slash for you its \\office1 and press ENTER.
6. The shared resource of office1 computer will appear, Double click on the printer (HP Laser Jet), now you will get a message (See below screen shot Figure 1) Click Yes and wait for few seconds.

Figure 1

That's all now you can use the printer on PC1, for PC2 and PC3 repeat the step 5 and 6.

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