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Cisco Aironet 1140 installation and configuration

Cisco Aironet 1140 installation and configuration

I needed a heavy duty super secure and bullet proof access point for a new client. I am familiar with Cisco products and the Cisco IOS, and I currently have Cisco Wifi access points deployed at 4 location. I was pleased with the capabilities of the aironet 1100 series, but as they are not being […]

NY Tech Meetup group August, 4th 2009

NY Tech Meetup group August, 4th 2009

I went to my first NY Tech meetup group meeting at FIT’s Taft hall. http://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/ It was packed and there was a buzz in there air…I do not know what the buzz was about, and the buzz never became apparent, maybe because everyone was nervous… Here is some of what I got out of the […]

joeNYC technician Peter Arminio with Walter Cronkite

joeNYC technician Peter Arminio with Walter Cronkite

Here is Peter Arminio and his pal Walter Cronkite after Peter installed a Ham Radio in his NYC townhouse.

Networking 101

The DNS servers tell the computer what the IP address of a website is. For example a DNS server will tell you that google.com is at IP address 64.233.187.99. So with out the DNS servers set properly the computer will not be able to resolve domain names into IP addresses.

Open Source Software — Free Stuff

We live in a windows and Microsoft world, this corporate America.  Fortunately, the Technology lessons that we learn in the corporate world are just as useless as most of the other “skills” that are deemed important while on the clock.  We DO NOT need window WE DO NOT NEED MICROSOFT OFFICE!!! There are adequate replacement that are available […]