Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol plays a critical role on your network. It enables client devices, such as workstations, tablets and smartphones, to lease IP address configurations. DHCP frees ...

So I am connecting from home to my office VPN with the Nortel client. At home I sit behind a firewall, so for the time being, I have needed to assign the IP of the laptop I am using to the DMZ on the ...

A port number is a way to identify a specific process to which an internet or other network message is to be forwarded when it arrives at a server. All network-connected devices have standardized ...

I've got my cisco Anyconnect and Clientless vpn connections working on port 444. (I have OWA traffic pat'ed in on 443 to another server.) The anyconnect client connects fine when launched from the ...

Since I’m seldom in control of all the devices between myself and whatever system I am trying to reach, I often like to verify whether I will be able to connect to a particular port on the particular ...

What is a client-server environment? Numerous applications run in a client-server architecture. This means that client computers (computers forming part of the network) contact a server that provides ...

Port Query (PortQry.exe) is a command-line utility in the Windows operating system that you can use to help troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity issues. The tool reports the port status of TCP and UDP ...