Category Archive: Internet & Networking

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By Ross Madden
March 21, 2012 2:45 pm MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base, Pangea

I have often gotten asked how someone can connect to their Pangea files from their iPad or iPhone.  This can be a very useful tool if you ever plan on teaching with your iDevice, or just want to be able to get at a file while on the road.  I discovered FileBrowser many months ago […]

By Ross Madden
May 4, 2011 1:05 pm MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

Here’s a cheat sheet for Samba syntax – used to mount SMB/Linux/Windows shares on Windows, OSX, and Linux systems: Basic form: smb://[[[authdomain;]user@]host[:port][/share[/dirpath][/name]]][?context] UNC FORM  URL FORM \\host\share  smb://host/share \\host\share\dirpath smb://host/share/dirpath \\host\share\dirpath\filename  smb://host/share/dirpath/filename Examples: smb://host/share/ smb://host/share/dirpath smb://host/share/name smb://host/share/dirpath/name smb://WORKGROUP@host/share smb://WORKGROUP;User@host/share Usually the name of the share must be specified. Shared disks are specified with a trailing […]

By Ross Madden
October 7, 2009 8:44 am MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

Windows 7 (please tell me you are not running this any more …) – Click the Start icon – Click Control Panel – Select Large icons for the View – Click Network and Sharing Center – Select Change Adapter Settings from the list on the left hand side – Right click on the connection you […]

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By Ross Madden
September 15, 2009 8:52 am MT
Posted in General Computing, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

This how to is designed to show users how they can connect to their office computer from home. At the time of this writing these directions will only work if the office computer on campus is a Windows computer. These directions also assume the following: – Power.  You cannot work from home if the power […]

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By Ross Madden
September 4, 2009 8:56 am MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

Here are new directions on using the Network Connect SSL application through the Secure Gateway: https://cnsit.colostate.edu/kb/how-to-connect-to-the-secure-colostate-gateway

By Ross Madden
May 7, 2009 11:20 am MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

Before requesting help from CNSIT, make sure that this jack is indeed inactive.  First, the jack must be a RED jack – any other color is either a building relic or a voice line rather than a data line.  To test that this RED jack is off, all you need to do is simply plug […]

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