FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol used to transfer files in a client/server model. The most common use for it is to transfer a made webpage into a server for a website. FTP is an old protocol that predates TCP/IP. It runs on TCP ports 20 and 21. 21 is the port that handles [...]

Installing SSH server on Ubuntu. I use a program called Putty to access the Linux machine from my Windows machine. Secure Shell (SSH) runs on port 22 and is a widely accepted protocol. It allows remote access to a computer, but it is command line only. Unlike Remote Desktop (RDP) which is mostly graphical. All [...]

This video will show how a registry hack (regedit) can change your default remote desktop port (3389) to another port. When your ISP only provides one IP address, you can use this hack to edit which machine you want for remote desktop by stating the port in the remote desktop window. I run several virtual [...]

This video shows how to set up a Linksys wireless router. I’m using a model wrt110, but all Linksys routers are amazingly similar. Even if you don’t have a Linksys router, you may learn enough to configure your own wireless router. I show the many options that Linksys routers can do such as NAT, DHCP, [...]