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Save Time: How To Set Up A Cron Job
Everyone knows there are tasks to administer to our computers and servers that we don’t do as often as we should. It takes time to back up or or clean up files or perform other repetitive, administrative-type tasks, so we avoid them doing them regularly; meanwhile, we’re one system crash away from losing everything. Luckily, your Linux system has a built-in tool to help you take care of such time-intensive tasks. It’s called a “cron job,” and, if used properly, it can to do the things that keep your
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5 Hosting Tips for Leading a Spam-Free Life
Are you tired of opening your email, only to be deluged with spam? More than 90% of email is spam, and that percentage is increasing. Dealing with spam is not only frustrating, it consumes your valuable time. There are, however, several tools at your disposal to fight this menace.
Shared Web Hosting and VPS Hosting Compared
When choosing a web hosting plan, one important decision you must make is whether to go with shared web hosting, VPS hosting, or a dedicated server. This article will focus on the differences between shared web hosting and VPS hosting.
8 Ways to Fix Slow Email (Part 1)
One issue many users face is the sometimes painfully slow speed of email. This article will address ways to optimize the speed of your network connection. These suggestions may increase the speed at which you can send and receive email, as well as improving the performance of your web pages and other file transfers.
What’s Best for My Business? Cloud Hosting vs. Geo Hosting
What’s Best for Me?
As I discussed in my last article,“What is Cloud Hosting?”, cloud hosting offers an alternative to geographically based hosting (“geo hosting”). What’s best for your business? It depends on your needs. Today, I’ll take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of each type of hosting platform.
Cloud Hosting
A cloud host will have many servers, often located all over the globe. Using a technology called load balancing, the cloud host will allocate server resources to each customer as needed. Generally, you’ll pay a flat fee for …
What is The Cloud and What Does it Mean for My Business?
The Cloud
A specific definition for “the cloud” is the cause of much controversy on blogs, in popular tech publications and even within my own office. The prevalent definition is based on the fact that clouds are constantly changing, much like the Internet itself. Whatever your definition may be, “the cloud” certainly encompasses many different technologies. A few of these include cloud computing and cloud web hosting.
Cloud Computing
What is it? Cloud computing can be many things, but it is most accurately described as a network of computers with a centralized load …
Use Light Speed to Locate Your Server
The benefits of having your web server geographically close to you are well established, but how do you determine where your server is located? Unless you know a lot about physical network routing and the equipment used in network routing, you may not know how to accurately do this.
Tools to Locate Your Server
The good news is you do not need a super accurate test, instead, a relatively accurate solution is readily available. All you need is a little understanding of the speed of light and optical …
How-To: Ping, Ping, Ping, Trace Route! (Part 1)
Ping & Trace Route: What Are They?
You may or may not have heard the term “ping” when talking to one of your tech savvy friends. Maybe someone has told you to “ping” them when you get out of work to meet up for dinner? You may have wondered what they were talking about or where they picked up this new lingo. Well both “ping” and its cousin “trace route” have been around for quite a while.
Ping and Trace Route are both computer network tools that can assist a user in determining the speed, health and route of their IP network:
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How-To: Ping, Ping, Ping, Trace Route! (Part 2)
OK, So How Do I Ping and Trace Route?
The Ping: The first step in diagnosing the problem with a slow website is to perform a Ping test to your website and measure the round trip speed. Performing a Ping test will be a little bit different depending on whether you’re on a Windows, Mac or Linux PC:
For Windows:
Step 1: Click your “Start Menu” and choose “Run”.
Step 2: Within the Run menu type “cmd” and click “OK”. This will open …
How-To: Ping, Ping, Ping, Trace Route! (Part 3)
Packet Loss & Trace Routes – Demystified.
If a hop within your trace route reports back a single asterisk it’s most likely true packet lose. If your trace route reports back asterisks for all the packets and your web site is accessible, it’s probably just the configuration for that router. If it reports back asterisks for all the packets and you can’t get to your web site then get on the phone to your web hosting company ASAP!
I’ve Got My Ping, I’ve Got My Trace Route, Now What?
Once you’ve run your ping test and trace route you’ll be better equipped …