Steve's Networking Page

How to set up Red Hat Linux 7.3 as a subnet router

It took me quite a while to get this figured out. Find out how I did it here.

How to set up Red Hat Linux 7.1 with an Avaya Silver Card

This is relatively easy, but I thought I'd give some helping hints. Find it here.

"NET SEND" messaging under Windows XP

Well, as most people seem to have found out how to do this, I may as well tell you people that don't know. It's a simple Windows function, the Windows XP equivalent of Winpopup. The following command should be typed at the RUN dialog box or from the command prompt.

NET SEND {ComputerName} {Message}

This sends message {Message} to Computer {ComputerName}. The message will appear on their computer in a dialog box. The only way to disable it is to stop the "Alerter Service" on Windows XP. This will prevent the dialog box appearing when someone sends you a message.

Half-truth: This does not work under Windows 9x

Full-truth: It does, but not in the same way. One word - Winpopup.

Finding who is logged on to a computer remotely

Have you ever wanted to know the username of the person logged on another computer? Now you can. Go to the command prompt and type:

NBTSTAT -a {ComputerName}

It will return a list of various bits of information, including the computer name, domain, workgroup and the current logged on user, if any.


Coming soon...

  • Finding Wireless Networks
  • Much, much more