Troubleshooting computer network is among the most important job descriptions of the network administrators, system administrators, network technicians and the IT consultants. A computer network can have different kinds of problems such as it can be infected with virus and spyware, attacked by hackers, accessed by unauthorized users and may face connectivity failure issues due to the faulty network devices or configurations. Following is a list of the basic network troubleshooting commands that are built-in the Windows based operating systems and UNIX etc. The right use of these troubleshooting commands can helps a lot in diagnosing and resolving the issues with your computer network.

PING

Ping is the most important troubleshooting command and it checks the connectivity with the other computers. For example your system’s IP address is 10.10.10.10 and your network servers’ IP address is 10.10.10.1 and you can check the connectivity with the server by using the Ping command in following format.

At DOS prompt type Ping 10.10.10.1 and press enter

If you get the reply from the server then the connectivity is ok and if you get the error message like this “Request time out” this means the there is some problem in the connectivity with the server.

IPCONFIG

IPconfig is another important command in Windows. It shows the IP address of the computer and also it shows the DNS, DHCP, Gateway addresses of the network and subnet mask.

At DOS prompt type ipconfig and press enter to see the IP address of your computer.

At DOS prompt type inconfig/all and press enter to see the detailed information.

NSLOOKUP

NSLOOKUP is a TCP/IP based command and it checks domain name aliases, DNS records, operating system information by sending query to the Internet Domain Name Servers. You can resolve the errors with the DNS of your network server

HOSTNAME

Hostname command shows you the computer name.

At DOS prompt type Hostname and press enter

NETSTAT

NETSTAT utility shows the protocols statistics and the current established TCP/IP connections in the computer.

NBTSTAT

NBTSTAT helps to troubleshoot the NETBIOS name resolutions problems.

ARP

ARP displays and modifies IP to Physical address translation table that is used by the ARP protocols.

FINGER

Finger command is used to retrieve the information about a user on a network.

TRACERT

Tracert command is used to determine the path of the remote system. This tool also provides the number of hops and the IP address of each hop. For example if you want to see that how many hops (routers) are involved to reach any URL and what’s the IP address of each hop then use the following command.

At command prompt type tracert www.yahoo.com you will see a list of all the hops and their IP addresses.

TRACEROUTE

Traceroute is a very useful network debugging command and it is used in locating the server that is slowing down the transmission on the internet and it also shows the route between the two systems

ROUTE

Route command allows you to make manual entries in the routing table.

Hopefully the above mentioned commands will help you to diagnose the troubleshooting your computer networking problems.
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Over the years I’ve worked with hundreds of small business owners. Time and again the biggest problem most people face is getting a website up that they can use themselves. Most of the time, WordPress is their solution.

WordPress is a blogging software that can be hosted on your server. That means that you own the site and it is hosted on your own domain name, such as yoursite.com.

Before you can use WordPress it needs to be installed on your hosting. With WordPress auto install this process literally takes less than five minutes of your time. Yes, in less than five minutes you can have your own website up and running. It really is that easy.

How?

Since my host is Bluehost let me just walk you through the simple process of using the installation software called Simple Scripts.

1. Log in to your hosting control panel. At Bluehost or at yourdomain.com/cpanel.
2. Scroll down to the section that says “Software/Services”
3. Click “Simple Scripts”
4. Click on “WordPress” under “Blogs”
5. Click on “Install”
6. Choose Your Preferences
7. Click to agree to the legal information and click “Complete”

Now you’ve got yourself a WordPress blog or blogsite ready to be customized.

Once you have WordPress installed you will need to do more tweaking to make it all your own. Some of the most popular and important changes to make to your new blogsite will be:

- Adding a theme – Pick a theme that suits your business or blog and you’ve got a much more custom look.
- Adding permalinks – This helps search engines find you.
- Installing plugins – This allows you to add features that are not part of the initial installation like spam protection.
- Adding custom header and colors – You’ll want to customize your look with your own header and colors.
- Creating categories – Most blogs are organized into categories. Take some time to choose good categories to help people find your content.

While there are some extra steps after the installation you’ll quickly see how great a system WordPress is and how much easier updating your websites and adding content will be.

Enjoy your need WordPress blog site!
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A blogging platform in simple terms can be described as software to create blogs. Popular blogging platforms include WordPress, Blogger, TypePad and Movable Type.

All of the mentioned platforms have their own unique features, but WordPress is my personal favorite and here is why:

1. Simplicity

WordPress as a blogging platform is extremely user friendly. You can install it with a single click in most circumstances. After installing the blog, you’re just about ready to start blogging (provided that you do not want to play with themes, stats etc). When your WordPress blog is installed, you simply need to log in and you’re presented with a simple interface to post whatever you want.

2. Plug-ins

WordPress has a huge supply of plugins that can be downloaded, installed and used for free. The installation of the plugins is very easy as well – upload the plugin to your blog space and simply activate it through the admin section in your WordPress site. My favorite ones are; all in one SEO pack, Google XML Sitemap Generator, Tweetback, YARPP & Wordpress Database Backup etc. There is a vast resource of plugins to choose, explore and use available for WordPress.

3. Theme Functionality

There are many themes you can choose from to customize your WordPress blog. Thousands of completely unique themes with various color combinations; one to three columns, graphics and other details are available to suit your needs, the theme of your blog and the taste of your readers.

4. Auto-Ping Functionality

Ping is a utility that forwards data packets to notify or verify a connection. It helps to notify blog tracking tools for updates and changes. Many scripts do offer this feature but free blog hosts usually don’t. So if you mention a particular link on your blog, you would have to ping that website – imagine doing that every time. WordPress with its auto-ping functionality can do it for you and hence saves a lot of time and effort.

5. Trackback

The trackback function is another impressive feature of WordPress. – Communication between two sites becomes easier.

Other blog platforms also have their advantages and disadvantages and so does WordPress. But I believe that its advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Web Forms are a great way to find out what your readers think, want, and are interested in. Finding this out by lack of readers is too late and you will not get a second chance.

Keeping your content interesting is always a good practice, but if you do not have a keen sense of what your readers want, you will loose them. This has been a major pitfall for many content providers.

By using forms on your pages, you can provide a way to see the real deal. What would you like to see on my site, How can we help you better than we do, what sort of problems can we help you with. Virtually any number of statistics can be gathered in a form on your pages, and analyzed.

WordPress technically displays dynamic pages, as the content can change anytime. Well so does the needs of our visitors, whom have only a comment or a post to communicate with.

With a form, you can intelligently capture and then organize the suggestions by category, and subject matter. Emails and posts are time consuming, and require lots of intervention, where a form can be automated to make the process what it should be. Evaluate content requests for possible action.

A truly dynamic environment, where users can easily get their ideas across to their content providers. So, by giving them a tool to collect their ideas, and content provider tools to sort and process them makes your site very desirable.

For Most Word Press publishers, these tools usually require a great deal of technical prowess to accomplish this, and most of them are limited to plugins and the like, so they would need to hire a programmer.
Fortunately there are some new plugins that cater to that very need, and I have been fortunate to utilize them, and it has made a remarkable difference to my subscribers.

By providing a flexible fabric of content that your readers can interact directly with a content provider, they feel as though they are part of the team, and contribute much more value back into your site.

Creating pages on request, based on user input ? 10 people are asking for more information on bankruptcy, 35 for Foreclosures. You run your reports, and see what are the top needs. You do not have to read 35 posts, and comments, interpret what they are talking about, it can all be summed up.

If they do not see what they want they will leave your site, and you want to keep their eyes on your pages, and the way to do that is give them what they want. As this technology evolves, you will see automatic content creation come into your site, by user request.

You are not going to read every post and comment to check what people are asking for. That in itself would be a full time job, so let technology feed the needs of your user community.
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I always notice on WordPress that there is a list of “Today’s Top Blogs” and “The Fastest Growing Blogs”. What kind of hits or visitors do you have to obtain to make that list generally? Thanks!
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