Where do I find out more information about the "Intel PXE ROM"?
Every now and then I get a boot error referring to an "Intel PXE ROM". The
error always goes away upon the next boot so the boot problem isn't what
I'm asking here. I just want to know what this "Intel PXE ROM" is.

Does any vendor make a simple appliance that would tunnel a modem or phone
line over the Internet?    I have an older box that runs a real time OS that
I cannot modify that needs to dial out by modem.   I have the available
phone trunk lines at a different physical location.   I ...

My 3 PC home network seems to be working but 'StressTest' software for
the INTEL D945GNT motherboard keeps failing the "network" test.
'StressTest' is failing  to ping 127.0.0.1.  The error message is
"WARNING: Network, No permission to open RAW network socket". While the

Older network cards had separate transformer chip close to RJ-45 port.
Some recent network cards has transformer integrated with RJ-45 port.
What are advatanges/disadvatanges of both transformer solutions?
advatange of separate transformer chip

Our company has two locations that are 500 meters apart without a clear line
of site. We setup a VPN connection on ADSL, but the speed is not practical
at all. I looked at getting higher speeds connections from our ISP but the
prices are too high for our size. Is there a solution ...

Hello eerybody.
I need to know approximately how much overhead I can expect when sending
data using TCP. In other owrds, if I send a payload using TCP, how much
extra traffic will it result in on the ethernet level?

I've had a successful home network with 3 computers on the network,
now as I try to get my laptop to see the network, I get "Windows -
System Error There is an IP address conflict with another system on
the network" that I can't seem to get rid of.

i have a bldg that will have 3 different companies in 3 different
offices within one bldg.
can we use 1 dsl modem to share an internet connection amongst these
offices?

I have a small (class-c fast ethernet) home network (a dozen nodes)
running on an AD domain under Windows 2000 Advanced Server.  My ISP
recently migrated their local network from a local vendor's backbone to
their own which forced their customers to point to a different DNS

I have a wired home network, with a wired router.   GF has a notebook
with a wireless feature on it.  
I was thinking I'd have to buy a wireless router and plug it into my
router in order to allow her to have network at my place.  Is that the

My brother gave me an older Compaq Presario laptop onto which I
installed Windows XP and a Linksys 802.11b PC card. It works fine except
for the fact that every time it accesses the network it makes a loud
fast clicking noise. I have muted the speakers (and turned down the