When I type a command in the run window (IPCONFIG /all) or any command, the
program appears to run and then the window closes.
I tried "/p" but that did not help.
How do I keep the window open to see the  results of the command?

I am hoping someone can help me with this. Currently our office gets email
from the ISP via pop3. I would like to change this and create an MX record
that points to our server in the office so that our exchange server grabs the
email via SMTP. My question is in regards to the ...

I only do networking rarely, unfortunately this has fallen into my lap..
Our firewall will not allow our internal computers to resolve our external
addresses for security purposes.
For example.. if the internal name and ip address of our web server is

My OP is: Windows XP Home SP2.
I need to use an IPSec software product with an open VPN through a Netgear
FVS318v1; this has been done successfully.
Additionally, to get LAN PCs traffic through to the remote client each LAN's

Our firewall is just broken-down.  I would like to use a broadband router to
replace it temporarily.  Can someone advise me how to configure internet
connection and the incoming
emails go to the email server.  We are using Lotus Notes email server on

I installed a western digital network hard drive on my home network and it
works fine on two computers but one laptop from work cannot find the drive
when I run the setup utility.  The computer that is having trouble is a Dell
inspiron 700m but I have two of these machines and ...

I have an ADSL modem/router 'feeding' (by cable) 2 x WinXP Pro
machines.  Both see the internet perfectly, and I did have them able to
see each other on a network, but I've lost that and have no idea what I
did, although I suspect it's something to do with Firewalls even though

I am trying to connect two home networks to the internet (wifi & ethernet).
I am using Protoport firewall for that ( http://protoport.com ).
Everything looks great, but I'm just curious:
what port range is safe to use for port mapping?

I really Shocked,These days I just really shocked what`s going happen behind
the WindowsSP2 and Windows Server 2003 (SP1)??
when I see that I can Connect to the MSSQL through Win2k and WinXP(SP1) But
I can`t connect through those.

We have recently started having problems with FTP. Part of our
application uses passive FTP and so should work fine over the firewall.
FTP is though now failing (we assume possible as a result of some MS
update). Traces show the rewriting of the source/dest ip addresses. The

I have two computers connected by LAN
First has an internet connection and firewall active.
Second connects to internet through first.
Do I need firewall running on second or is the firewall on first