2003 ARTICLE SUMMARIES
Last updated: 8/29/2003

8/26 An essential item in a technician's tool kit is a reliable flashlight. The Dorcy Solid State Flashlight is a good choice.

8/19 What is the best and hopefully cheapest way I can use two computers on one RJ45 outlet? The ATS 10/100 Base T Splitter Adapters.

5/21 Red Hat Linux 9.0 Clean Install - The Whole Enchilada. This article consists of a detailed, step-by-step, clean install and testing of Red HAT (RH) Linux 9.0.  The steps performed to install, configure, and test Samba, SWAT, host tables, telnet, FTP, Apache, a virtual intranet web server, MySQL, PHP, and Perl are described.  The text from the various configuration and test files is included for convenience and as examples.

5/18 Open Source/Free Graphical Management Utilities for the MySQL Database Server. Management of MySQL databases can be done at command line prompts much like other database programs; however, that can be a laborious method for occasional users.  Fortunately, for the rest of us, there are several third-party utilities that provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for performing these functions in a more civilized manner.