PowerShell has taken the Windows command line to the next level. It’s not just for automating admin tasks, but also for troubleshooting common Windows issues. Whether you’re managing files, setting up ...

If you find your thrill delving into the networking side of Unix, you'll find that there are lots of commands to give you all the insights you might want. I will never forget my first ping. Working on ...

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Back when I worked in the Network Operations department at one of my previous jobs, we used to chuckle when a customer would call us reporting that “the Internet is down.” Now, I realize that there ...

OS X is resilient. Its UNIX underpinnings are mature, tested, and -- more importantly -- stable. It's a modern OS that's as flexible as it is powerful, limited only by the end users operating the ...

Are you the best network troubleshooter in your shop? Maybe you’re the go-to person to fix problems when the network falls apart. Maybe you know who that person is, and you know you need them to come ...

If you have ever opened Network Neighborhood or My Network Places and discovered that some of the computers on your Windows 95, 98 and Me home network had vanished from the list, you may have ...

The Terminal in OS X may seem like a cryptic tool to use, but there are some quick and useful commands that can be run in it to help troubleshoot your system, and they do not require much knowledge of ...

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