Archive for the ‘Networking’ Category

How to Test IIS SMTP Service

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

When creating web pages and WSH scripts that send email it sometimes necessary to test the IIS SMTP service to ensure that it is properly handling and sending email. The technique I’ll be demonstrating today can be used locally or for testing the SMTP service on a remote server.

Renew Dynamic IP Addresses in WSH

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

“Is there any way to release and renew a dynamic IP address in WSH?” - Chris. F
Releasing and renewing dynamic IP addresses can be a very effective method of repairing a broken internet connection. Effectively, you are instructing your network adapter to request a new IP address from a DHCP server. While the […]

Enabling Remote Desktop Remotely

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Network administrators are becoming more accustomed to performing common tasks remotely. Windows itself provides a mechanism for this with its Remote Desktop feature. Being able to administer machines remotely saves travel time while providing a much appreciated convenience. But what happens when the machine you want to connect remotely to doesn’t have […]

Creating a Custom URL Protocol for SSH

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

It can sometimes be very useful to have links in your web browser spawn third-party applications for you. A user recently submitted a question wanting to have a URL open an SSH connection with PuTTY. As he learned, this can be done by creating a custom URL protocol.