Traveling Through a Network

Ping and traceroute are two commands that assist in troubleshooting network issues. I’ve had my share of network issues when setting up routers and my Slingbox many years ago. I discovered this week that when on my company’s network, these commands only work for internal IP address and computer names. I often use ping when working from hom…

Computers in the Workplace

My mom started working in a hospital when I was a toddler. At the time, and still to this day, the hospital where she worked isn’t computerized. We have had many discussions about it and to her - since she isn’t computer savvy - it can stay just the way it is. Here in the US, hospitals and doctors’ offices and are either fully computerized…

Network Security

Computers and websites are probably one of the best things about being alive now as opposed to fifty years ago.  Unfortunately, along with the new technologies came new concerns about security.  Things that may seem innocuous like posting a photo of your child standing in front of the house on the first day of school in their school unifor…

Tech Topic Connection

“You don’t know, what you don’t know” couldn’t be a more factual statement.  What I don’t know is what are the possible careers I could be doing with my current skillset that I might enjoy as much as or even more than what I do now as well as have more responsibility and make more money doing.  Most importantly, I must enjoy doing it.

Wha…