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Laser Printing Process

Mar 8, 2011 · 3 min read · Electric charge General Hardware Laser Laser printer Laser Printing Process Paper Peripherals printer Printers technology Toner ·

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Let's move away from Cisco for at least a day, So this post will be talking about the six steps in the laser printing process, this is good for technicians who fix or repair printers along with a good learning experience. With my limited knowledge of printers I used this process to at least help diagnose the problem. …

WordPress.com Hit by a DoS Attack

Mar 4, 2011 · 3 min read · CCENT Cisco cisco computers Denial-of-service attack General ICND1 Internet Matt Mullenweg networking Security security Server (computing) SYN flood technology WordPress.com ·

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Yesterday, (March 3rd 2011) there was a massive DoS attack that hit WordPress.com. Cisco Skill's uses WordPress.com has a hosting provider but is not believed to one of the sites hit. There still is no word on who or why they targeted WordPress.com but goes to show that Denial of Service is still a popular type of …

802.11ac Standard

Feb 21, 2011 · 2 min read · 802.11ac Access Point computers General Hardware IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Internet Local Area Network Mobile device networking technology Wi-Fi wireless ·

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Some things are making news in the wireless world, the IEEE wants another wireless standard in the mix called the 802.11ac, now the fastest standard they have is the 802.11n(speeds up to 300 Mbps), which was recently published in October of 2009. What is so great about the 802.11ac development? Well one thing is the …

IPv4 Meet IPv6

Feb 3, 2011 · 3 min read · computers General Internet ipv4 ipv6 networking technology ·

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IPv4 maybe on its last leg with only a few blocks of IPv4 addresses available, computer estimates say that the IANA address depletion was January 27, 2011. Also the calculations for all central IPv4 pool addresses will be depleted by July 25, 2012. These are estimates and may change as of writing this post. I'll be …

Common Weaknesses Cybercriminals Exploit

Jan 27, 2011 · 3 min read · computers e-mail General Internet safety scams Security ·

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While reading the Cisco Annual Report they came up with seven common social engineering attacks that cybercriminals use. Now these types of attacks are common and are not unheard of. You should be familiar with most if not all these weaknesses that cybercriminals use. Sex appeal, which means scammers will try to find …