Internet Access Tips & Troubleshooting

Over time the clock on your computer can gain or lose several minutes. Correcting the time manually can be a daunting task, especially on networks with hundreds of computers. NTP allows you to automatically synchronize the clocks on all of the computers, and other devices on your network. In this hub I'll show you how to configure pfSense to function as an NTP server.

Traffic shaping (QoS) is no longer something only expensive commercial routers can do. An inexpensive home router with custom firmware like Tomato can prioritize certain types of traffic quite well.

There are many reasons why your WiFi may seem slow on certain devices or in certain parts of your home or apartment. Here are some great fixes and products to help get the speed you are paying for!

A small church or business can connect their workers, wherever they may be, using a free online network based in the "cloud."

This article will talk about load balancing terminal servers with relation to Windows Server 2008 R2 servers.

Learn to host your website on cloud platform from configuring Linux server to basic security implementation. Go through DNS management, firewall configuration, setting up user accounts and FTP server.

List of ideas for naming a wireless network, including clever, funny, and cool name options.

Not so obvious ways to get better Internet speed.

This article will show how to load balance the Remote Desktop Session Host Servers by creating an RD Session Host Farm and using Remote Desktop Connection Broker to manage the load balancing of the user sessions. The steps can be applied to Windows Server 2012 and 2012R2.

The OM2P router is a high power, low cost WiFi router designed for quick and easy installations of WiFi networks. The OM2P features a 400 MHz processor & 64 MB RAM, dual SSID & zero configuration.

This page is a tutorial on building a large / Citywide WiFi network/hotspot to make money. I am currently building a large WiFi network in my town so this will be a tutorial/diary.

Combining complex IT networks with a hybrid Integration framework requires technological know-how. Refer this checklist for seamlessly joining the set pieces of a Hybrid Ecosystem.

This tutorial will go through the steps of implementing a Remote Desktop Gateway on a Windows Server 2016 server. A Remote Desktop Gateway is often used to allow remote desktop clients to connect from the internet to servers behind the Remote Desktop Gateway located on the corporate network.

If you want wi-fi access everywhere, then set up a mesh network to extend wi-fi signals to every room of a large house (including the upstairs) and cover a large area.

Tor, also known as The Onion Router, is a network of thousands of relays which can provide anonymous internet access. In this hub you'll learn how to install and configure a Tor Proxy on pfSense.

Wireshark is a very useful tool for capturing, and analyzing network traffic. This hub explains how to run Wireshark remotely over an SSH session to analyze traffic in real time. This method saves time because it doesn't require a capture file to be downloaded to another computer before it can be analyzed.