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The Macintosh or Mac is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.

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Can I use nmap to discover IPs and mac addresses?

When I need to locate the IPs of devices by their mac address on a Windows system, I normally use Advanced IP Scanner (from radmin.com) to scan the network, then I use arp -a to list the mac addresses. Is it possible to use nmap to perform the same…
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is it possible to install java without the browser plugin?

I need java, but I don't want any browser to be able to access it. Is it possible to remove the whole applet/browser plugin code?
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Centralized Windows/Mac Patch Management that is easy to use

I'm looking for advice on what patch management solutions you would recommend based upon your experience. I'm also looking for which ones you would not recommend based upon your experience. We have a mixed network of Windows and Mac clients. Our…
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Preventing Mac OS X clients from polluting Windows shares with resource forks

When Mac OS X clients copy files in a Windows share, they'll create some files like .DS_Store and ._ prefixed hidden files (that I think store resource forks of the files). How can I prevent pollution of these shares by these files? A solution that…
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How to export Cisco AnyConnect preferences and certificates to another PC

I have two computers (PC and MAC) connected to different organization VPNs. I want to be able to connect from MAC to the same VPNs set on PC. So I need to export VPN list and certificates, etc to my MAC. Is there a way to do it or what do I need to…
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Why does my RewriteLog not work?

I have an .htaccess which looks like this: RewriteEngine on RewriteLog "/Applications/MAMP/logs/rewrite_engine_log" RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/(index.php|css|images|js)/.*$ RewriteRule (.*) /mysite/index.php/$1 When I add that RewriteLog…
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Unable to uninstall Microsoft's Keyboard Drivers in Mac

I installed the Microsoft's Keyboard drivers for my Natural Ergonomic 4000. My customized keyboard is now broken. I want to uninstall the drivers. I removed the buttons for MS keyboard at Preferences, but this did not remove the drivers. How can you…
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ERROR 2002 MYSQL socket /tmp/mysql.sock

A have already read everything about this error but I coundn't solve the problem. ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (38) I'm trying to install mysql on my Mac OsX but when I try to connect to…
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Secure way to mount a password protected cifs share in mac

I'm maintaining a heterogeneous network of mac and linux so I decided to create a little perl script to unify mounting strategies across machines. Actually, I already have a working perl script, however, the password seems is part of the command…
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How to add a Mac to Windows Active Directory

I've gone into the Directory Utility on the mac, clicked on the services tab, entered the Active Directory Domain and Computer ID, clicked the Bind button and it showed a little status label which flickered through 5 of 5 steps and then said "An…
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Macintosh gotchas

Up until now, I've only managed networks with Windows users and the occasional *nix server. Soon, a few users with Macs will get added to our network. What are some "gotchas" to look out for when adding Macs to the network? Key concerns here:…
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ARP/Mac address table

What is the difference between a mac address table and an arp table? Is it correct to say only one arp cache is kept for each switch which self learns to forward information to another host, and every host on the network has its own mac table, which…
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Mac OS X VPN Encryption Defaults

I need to connect one Mac (OS X 10.8.2) from our internal network to a site-to-site VPN and was asked to provide some information about our network and encryption settings. What are the OS X defaults for the following? Encryption Type…
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Can a limited broadcast packet contain destination MAC address other than FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF?

Can a limited broadcast contain destination MAC address other than FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF? If the answer is true, could you provide an example of a protocol that uses a packet like this. Ok, to elaborate on this a little further and to show what I think…
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Troubles with memcache.so

I've been asked to launch a site that someone else built. It is a Wordpress shop site that needs Memcached to run, and I've been having troubles getting Memcached and the memcache php plugin working on my local server. Before installing memcached…
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