lanwanman

It would be more secure if the VM Exchange Box was in the DMZ range (red zone according to your network diagram). I say that b/c if a malicious user or virus gained access to your VM Exchange Box, then they also have access to your entire 10.0.1.xxx network to create some more havoc. You should create routes in the firewall from the machines on the 10.0.1.xxx network from specific IP addresses on the LAN to be able to talk to the exchange server on the 10.0.0.xxx if needed. Ideally, you would have a second firewall with an additional IP range for the VM Exchange Box but I'm not going to go into that for a home setup. I'm not sure why you want to give the Exchange Box a new IP address of 10.0.2.1. If you did that, then you will need another box on that same network in order to talk to it.

I hate asking this, but did you reboot after the change?

The classes and degrees will only get you the interviews. But in the meantime you need to just do a lot of learning on your own. Signup for some technology podcasts. Start reading technology news daily. Start reading lots of computer magazines. I know if I was interviewing a kid right out of college this may seem silly, but I'd ask what kind of setup are you running at home? You better have some geek on your own home network to prove you even love to work with technology. If you don't, start geeking out your house so you can learn on some level. Also, let your friends, family, neighbors know that your a computer geek and you will fix there computers for free. You have to start somewhere. You should also start looking into interships or voluteer work. Hospitals are usually good for that or even the local library. You don't magically get a job right of of college with a degree in computer science. It's going to take some work on your part. If you love to work with computers and technology and are playing with tech at home and want to keep learning, the jobs will not be hard to get.

Ok, so I'm no MySQL/Apache expert...but I've played with it and researched it. The benefit of MySQL is that it's FREE! You don't have to pay Microsoft for software or licensing like you do for the SQL Server product. MySQL can be used for any size implementation. I recommend that you go ahead and install LAMP. Why not?? It's all packaged nicely for you rather than installing the products manually. Go for it. Read up on securing the database and you are going to need to install some MySQL GUI Client tools. Check out this link: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html.

I think we are missing few details to be able to help you out... After reading your post it I got the feeling that you are working with 2 routers. Do you have your dsl/cable modem plugged into a router in a different part of the house then have a cable running from the "main router" to your netgear? If that is the case you need to log in and turn off dchp on the netgear effectively making it a switch. You then would take the cable coming from your "main router" as you put into any other port other then the WAN/Internet port. If your main router does not do wifi, then you need to take the Netgear and replace it with your "main router."

The user your logging on as doesn't have permission. Otherwise, your permissions on the server drive got messed up. Do you have a security tab on any folders?

I've been looking for software that will display my cellphone text messages to my computer screen or to my TV. Remember a few years back when there was a TIVO hack where the caller id displayed on your TV screen? I don't need to respond from my computer or TV, I just want the notification, because my cellphone isn't always in the same room as me. After doing some research I found software such as firetext and iwall. This software is more for DJ's to use in a club and is expensive. I just want a simple program that does the same thing without the robust features. Has anyone got something like this working?