How To Configure Wireless Internet Access For Your Laptop

Here’s what you need to know (and do) to connect your laptop to a wireless network and get Internet access.
First off, let’s talk common sense. Before you access any wireless network, especially one in a public place, you must have anti-virus software installed and up-to-date on your laptop. Your laptop should also be current with [...]

How to Build and Configure Your Own Radio Referenced NTP Time Server

Many people are probably familiar with the Internet Time tab when setting their clock in Windows. This is a basic form of NTP (Network Time Protocol) called SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) that polls a NTP server every so often to synchronize time to. However, full NTP does a lot more, such as polling several [...]

How To Install And Configure an NTP Server

Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet’s oldest protocols still utilized. Invented by Dr David Mills from the University of Delaware it has been in use since 1985. NTP is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks on computers and networks across the Internet or Local Area Networks (LANs).
NTP (version 4) can maintain [...]