How to Transfer Files from PC to iPhone Wirelessly
KB ID 0001481 Written by Tag Jones When it comes to transferring files from PC to iPhone and vice versa, the most obvious choice is to use iTunes. However, it has been found that many users don’t like working with this application. Bloated and ponderous, iTunes continues Apple’s ongoing trend of having lost its design mojo. Luckily, we have other options. One of the easiest ways is to use Wi-Fi Direct Transfer. With this...
MAC TFTP Software (OS X )
Mac TFTP KB ID 0001247 Problem Every time I go to a networking event theres a sea of MacBooks in the audience, If techs like MacBooks so much why is there such a lack of decent Mac TFTP software? Solution The thing is, I’m looking at the problem with my ‘Windows User’ head on. When I have a task to perform I’m geared towards looking for a program do do that for me. OS X is Linux (There I said it!) Linux in a...
Mac OSX – Testing Packet Fragmentation Over VPN
KB ID 0001204 Problem Many moons ago I wrote a post about a problem where I had no RDP over a VPN connection, and all the hoops I jumped though to troubleshoot and fix the problem. Today I had a similar problem, I was connected to a client via Cisco AnyConnect, and I had hair-pinned that traffic, from the client site, over an IPSEC VPN to their servers in the Data Center. Pings were successful, but not RDP. To be honest this affects...
I’m Going on Holiday, What do I need to Disable on my iPhone?
KB ID 0000622 Problem Here in Europe the big mobile Telco’s are being forced to keep roaming prices down. But going abroad with all your data services turned on can mean you might come back to a big bill. Solution 1. On most peoples phones “Data Roaming” is already disabled (Mines always off).Data Roaming is designed to let you use another provider’s phone network if your carrier signal is too weak. On some...
Dropbox – Windows, Linux, Apple and Dropbox Portable (USB) Installation
KB ID 0000409 Problem You would like to sync your files/folders between more than one machine? Dropbox, is a service that lets you keep files in “The Cloud” and synchronise them across multiple machines and platforms. It’s one of those things that once you start to use it you wonder what you did before you had it. Simply put it’s like having a USB drive that you don’t need to carry around with you, and...