Networking and Web Hosting Help: Get straightforward tips and guides for managing your network and web hosting. From setup and configuration to troubleshooting and optimization, this category makes complex hosting topics easy to understand.
Internet Speed Test and the Best Tools to Measure Your Connection: Whether you’ve recently upgraded your internet plan or simply want to ensure you're getting the speeds you’re paying for, testing your internet speed is essential. Previously, I focused on Spectrum, but now that I’ve switched to Allo, I’ve updated this guide to be more inclusive of other major broadband providers in the USA.
How do you host Website from home? In the past, web site hosting from home was something that the average person with a limited understanding of networking wouldn't dare attempt. But nowadays with the introduction of complete (Apache/PHP/SQL) packages such as Xampp, EasyPHP and NetServer, it isn't uncommon for anyone to dabble with hosting their own sites from home. In fact in the past, I have personally hosted a few of my sites from my house.
Getting WRT600N wireless dropouts on 5ghz band? We recently upgraded from a WRT54GL router to a Linksys WRT600N Linksys Ultra RangePlus Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router to take advantage of the dual band 5ghz and 2.4ghz wireless N frequencies along with the gigabit wired network connection. Initially, we were disappointed to find that while working via the 5ghz band on our wireless workstations, we would get randomly dropped connections. This would typically occur when doing large downloads (receiving large packets). All of our workstations use Intel 4965AGN wireless cards and we never experienced a hiccup on 2.4ghz frequency with the old WRT54GL router.
Access forbidden when trying to access XAMPP security page. In the following simple solution, I will cover the process of fixing this security page access problem when running XAMPP on Windows Vista. Symptoms of this problem may be that you end up with the following error when attempting to access http://localhost/security/lang.php?en.
How to access Localhost; By default the Windows TCP IP stack does not allow access to a local server using localhost. Many people find this out the hard way, after having installed XAMPP or another local server software on their Windows computer. After installation, they can access the local server via the local IP address 127.0.0.1, but not from https or http://localhost/.
In the following segment, I cover using htaccess to redirect file downloads to the latest version of the file. Here you'll learn how to create a rewrite rule for redirecting all file download requests for earlier file versions to the latest revision. For example all files from filename-0.0.0.1.exe to filename-2.0.0.9.exe should be redirected to filename-2.0.0.9.exe
Block IP Address: How do I block a visitor from viewing my Site? Blocking certain IP addresses from viewing your Website is one way to keep a person or group of people from viewing or accessing your Web Pages. IP blocking will restrict who can view your site.
How do I perform an index redirect? Redirecting a web page that uses index.html or index.php files to the root or home page. "/index.php?redirect="
rel=nofollow is an HTML attribute used by webmasters to indicate that search engines should not follow or credit a particular link. This is useful for preventing certain links from affecting the ranking or reputation of a page or site.
View Website as GoogleBot User Agent: Want to know how it feels to be the Google Bot? Want to see websites the way Google sees them? If you are serious about SEO, understanding how search engines interpret your website is crucial. By browsing as Googlebot, you can detect hidden content, identify indexing issues, and even spot cloaking techniques.
How to Clear cPanel Error Log and Apache Error Log Files on a CentOS Server. cPanel is a popular web hosting control panel that logs various server activities. These logs are essential for troubleshooting issues like broken links, misconfigurations, or security incidents. However, if left unchecked, these logs can accumulate over time, consuming valuable disk space and making it harder to spot new problems.
The following simple solution explains how to fix a bricked Linksys router. Tested on a Linksys WRT54G router. Typically a router can become bricked if a firmware update was unsuccessful. Many people think that their Linksys router is no longer any good because they cannot access the Linksys admin panel after a failed firmware update. However, in most cases, a bricked Linksys router is completely repairable and simply requires a new means of flashing to get it back up and running again.
Renew AutoSSL on Cloudflare: After setting up your site to go through Cloudflare and or Ezoic, you may find that cPanel AutoSSL certificates and Cloudflare or Ezoic do not get along very well. This is especially true when it comes time for certificate renewal. At which time, you are likely to encounter cPanel AutoSSL failure notices.
How to Easily Find out Who Hosts a Website and a domains IP Address; In the following simple solution, I'll show you one way to find out who hosts a website and the Sites IP address via a tool called IPNetInfo, created by NirSoft. Note that host information is only accurate if the Web Hosting company actually owns the IP addresses allocated to their clients.
Recently I received an error in cPanel stating; Error from park wrapper: Domain is already configured when attempting to add an addon domain. The domain was previously an addon in one of our other accounts on the same box, and we were trying to move it to another account. As it turns out, when I deleted the addon from the other account, traces were still left behind on the server, making the domain appear to be configured.
Enabling htaccess Files on Apache in Windows. Learn how to easily enable .htaccess on Apache2 in Windows. By default, XAMPP and similar Apache Web Servers running on Windows do not have mod_rewrite enabled, which causes Apache to ignore .htaccess files.
If you're encountering the error "Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded" when running a script on your website or blog, you're not alone. This default limit is common on many servers. In this simple guide, I'll show you how to increase the execution time limit, helping you to successfully run your script.
How can I fix the 500 Internal Server Error? If you're encountering the "500 Internal Server Error" in XAMPP and cannot access your server administration panel or any of the installed domains, just know that you are not alone. The root problem may lie in your XAMPP server's root .htaccess file.
How to find the MAC address of a PC or device on the LAN: Have you ever needed to find the MAC address of a computer or device connected to your network? Finding the MAC address of a PC or or device on your LAN is easy if you know at least the IP address of the PC or device that is connected. There are many cases in which a user might need to determine the MAC address of a given network communication device.
Have you ever wondered how to find MAC address of a computers network adapter? MAC addresses (Medium Access Control)
are used by a computer as the source and destination addresses for the transfer of data packets on a network.
The following tutorial covers the process of wirelessly bridging a connection between a Linksys WRT54G router (running DD-WRT software) and a Linksys WRT54G router. By following this tutorial, the WRT54G becomes a wireless client to the WRT600N base station. This allows a user to connect computers to the WRT54G router via the wired ports, while the wireless side of the router is dedicated to routing the connection to and from the WRT600N. This is a great way to retain usage of your WRT54G router after having upgraded to a WRT600N.
Purpose: To have wired client connections in a different room or even level that connect to your main router without wires joining the two routers and without having to purchase wireless cards for the clients.
Error Copying File or Folder: If you're encountering this issue while using Windows Explorer for FTP transfers, you're not alone. Many users report that file transfers (especially large ones) time out at the last second or fail to complete at all.
This is a known limitation of the built in FTP functionality in Windows Explorer. Unlike dedicated FTP clients, the Windows FTP implementation is quite basic and lacks the configuration flexibility needed to handle complex connections or large file transfers.
If you're encountering the "invalid maildirsize file" error when attempting to change the quota of an email account in cPanel, this typically means the mailbox is corrupt. This error can prevent the quota from being updated and may cause confusion. Fortunately, this issue is relatively simple to resolve and can be fixed in about 99% of cases with a quick solution. The process takes just a few minutes, and as long as you're comfortable managing files via FTP, you should have no trouble resolving this. Let’s walk through the solution.
Over the course of time a WordPress blog or site author is bound to change the content of their site and eventually move or even delete and rewrite content. This can cause problems with search bots that have previously crawled and indexed your links. If the moved or deleted links can't be found, resulting in a 404 Page, over time, you might even lose page ranking.