Nagios is not just a tool, it’s one of the best open source network monitors available. Nagios has a simple plug-in design that allows administrators to easily create their own checks and monitors. The problem that so many see with Nagios is that it is supposedly so difficult to install. That is not the case. [...]

Categories: Linux, Networks, Open Source, Security, Server, Software, Tools, Tutorials Basic

An ad server is a server that is being used to manage the advertising scripts that are displayed on a website. Most websites and blogs display advertisement on their webpages. Some to cover the hosting costs, others to support their lifestyle or as the sole income source. Every advertising company runs an ad server and [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic

DNS and DNS servers have been pushed into the mainstream with Google’s announcement that they have released public DNS servers to speed up computer user access to the Internet. We have already given tips in the past how to benchmark DNS to find the fastest and most reliable one from all the public DNS that [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Opera Unite is a very interesting addition to the Opera web browser that allows Opera users to offer server based services from within the Opera web browser. Stream Media is one of those applications that can be installed and run from within Opera. The application basically allows Opera users to turn their web browser into [...]

Categories: Browsing, Opera

I switched servers from my old dedicated server hoster Hetzner to Wiredtree back in July this year. There were several reasons for this step but especially the incredible offer that I was able to get, the managed support and the need for a faster server due to recent traffic increases. The deal got me an [...]

Categories: The Web

Users who want to share files have several options at hand. They can upload the files to file hosting websites and share the links pointing to those files with the users that should be able to access them. They can also setup an ftp server that is running on their local computer system or trade [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Webmasters and system administrators who manage multiple web servers and web hosting accounts with programs like Putty, WinSCP, VNC or Microsoft Terminal Server might have noticed that not all of the programs provide the means to manage servers effectively. Some, like Putty, allow to store sessions, while others, like WinSCP, offer to store the login [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Running a SFTP or SSH server in a Windows environment can be interesting for businesses and end users alike. The free SilverShield SSH / SFTP Server offers this server functionality mainly for end users as it allows only one concurrent connection to the server. The pro version which is sold by the company has no [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

WinSCP is a very flexible SFTP and SCP client for the Windows operating system. One of its features is the option to save IPs, usernames and passwords so that they do not have to be entered before connecting to the server in question. Server administrators who are using stored sessions and want to use WinSCP [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic