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Tips used for Top Tips come from the ExtremeTech forum and are written by our community. Question from mbottoms “How can I find out what the IP address is for the switch on our network. I am trying to use web-based management on it but I need it’s IP address. The folks who installed and supported our equipment went out of business, so they can’t help me. ”

Answer from dwilkinson “There should be a serial port on the switch. Connect a computer to the serial port and use a terminal program, like HyperTerminal. Once you are connected, you should be able to find the ip address. You should also find the manuals for the switch.”

Answer from natehoy “How big is your network? You could sweep through all of the IP addresses in your network and find it that way. Sort of a nasty brute-force approach, but it might work.

You can also try entering x.x.x.1, where the first three x’s are the octets of your current IP address.

If your switch acts as a router (I know they are different beasts and this is a bit of an outside chance) you can try TRACERT to some other IP address within your network and see if your switch shows on the list.”

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Junior :: Oct.08.2007 :: Technology :: No Comments »

I know Google is getting into a lot of areas, shaking up the ad industry, moving into the enterprise space with hosted apps (much to Microsoft’s chagrin), even betting on wireless and 700MHz spectrum. But banking?

Granted, Google offers Google Checkout as a payment method option to merchants and consumers buying online. And now Google in Malaysia is offering AdSense payments to be made through Western Union, according to the Ades Blog That news was noticed by Steve Arnold, author of The Google Legacy and Google Version 2: the Calculating Predator, and pointed out to Bear Stearns analyst Robert Peck.

“We believe that the AdSense system is capable of morphing into a quasi-bank, particularly in regions with less robust monetary systems,” Peck wrote in a research note Monday.

Citibank, look out!

Junior :: Oct.02.2007 :: Technology :: No Comments »