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Born in A Barn?

All too often it’s the case that IT support companies set up clumsy, insecure remote support solutions for the systems they need access to.  One of the most common means of achieving remote access to a server is by implementing a port forwarding rule on the firewall/router over port 3389 and accessing the server directly over the [...]

Loop The Loop

A notoriously difficult problem for an IT support engineer to diagnose, trace and resolve is that of a loop in an Ethernet network.  The symptoms will often baffle even the most savvy of network support technicians, and it’s only when you’ve experienced the problem first hand that you can easily recognise and resolve it in the future.
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