# Astro is looking for a geek's geek - Home networking question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 28, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-is-looking-for-a-geeks-geek-home-networking-question/78534 "2001-08-28T15:31:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Servo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Servo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Servo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-is-looking-for-a-geeks-geek-home-networking-question/78534/21 "2001-08-29T20:32:56Z")
Plus, I like the little bar graph it puts in the tray. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-is-looking-for-a-geeks-geek-home-networking-question/78534/22 "2001-08-29T21:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by VileOrb \* > \*\*Speaking of lots to learn. I am an IT manager. Actually I’m the IT department for a new manufacturing company. I recently (3 weeks now) installed Exchange server 2000 to supply our group with email. It worked for about 5 hours and then quit. I don’t know why. I’ve read every relevant article in the google database. I’ve been screwing with it every day for 3 weeks and can’t figure it out. I’ve had a few email suggestions from geeks out there which sounded great, but did not solve the problem. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled everything on the system. I’m getting desperate, but the powers that be will not let me hire a contractor. Anyone out there an MS guru with 20 minutes to give me on the phone? I get the feeling from a few of the network administrators I’ve spoken to that they feel confident they could solve the problem but just don’t have the time to look at it. Drop me an email and I’ll send you my phone number, or send me yours and I’ll gladly call you on my dime. > > I don’t really expect any response to this, but I’m desperate enough to beg. \*\* I know you’ve beat google to death at this point but here is some stuff via the profusion search engine that sometimes hits things google misses. [http://www.exchange-mail.org/faq.html](http://www.exchange-mail.org/faq.html) (seems very complete) Exchange 2000 Server FAQ General Issues / Installing / Backup and Restore / Clustering / Instant Messaging / Storage / Routing / Errors and Troubleshooting ---
**Author:** ![ShouldBeWorking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@ShouldBeWorking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShouldBeWorking)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-is-looking-for-a-geeks-geek-home-networking-question/78534/23 "2001-08-29T21:22:58Z")
No one has mentioned the SMC Barricade…! I am a moderate home user. I use ZoneAlarm. But, I have the SMC Barricade 4 port. Is the LinkSys better? I know it does NAT, but I don’t really know what other features it has. (Other than the built in Print Server, which is nice) Should I scrap the SMC in favor of the Linksys? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-is-looking-for-a-geeks-geek-home-networking-question/78534/24 "2001-08-29T21:40:02Z")
Oops! Hit the send button prematurely on previous post > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by VileOrb \* > \*\*Speaking of lots to learn. I am an IT manager. Actually I’m the IT department for a new manufacturing company. I recently (3 weeks now) installed Exchange server 2000 to supply our group with email. It worked for about 5 hours and then quit. etc > > I don’t really expect any response to this, but I’m desperate enough to beg. \*\* I know you’ve beat google to death at this point but here is some stuff via the profusion search engine that sometimes hits things google misses. [http://www.exchange-mail.org/faq.html](http://www.exchange-mail.org/faq.html) (seems very complete) Exchange 2000 Server FAQ General Issues / Installing / Backup and Restore / Clustering / Instant Messaging / Storage / Routing / Errors and Troubleshooting [http://www.msexchange.org/faq/msexchangefaq.htm](http://www.msexchange.org/faq/msexchangefaq.htm) Microsoft Exchange Server FAQ with full web site here is a discussion group on Yahoo Exchange2000 · Discussing the new Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server release. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Exchange2000](http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Exchange2000) In addition I believe there are a ton of Exchange Server News Groups where you could probably get your answer in minutes. … and here is a complete multi-media webcast re Support WebCast:Configuring and Maintaining the Exchange Server Internet Mail Service April 4, 2000 Level:200 This session will discuss common problems, best practices, and general information about Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and the Internet Mail Service IMS). [http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/Webcasts/WC040400/WCBLURB040400.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0](http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/Webcasts/WC040400/WCBLURB040400.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0) ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-is-looking-for-a-geeks-geek-home-networking-question/78534/25 "2001-08-30T04:25:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShouldBeWorking \* > \*\*No one has mentioned the SMC Barricade…! > > I am a moderate home user. I use ZoneAlarm. But, I have the SMC Barricade 4 port. Is the LinkSys better? I know it does NAT, but I don’t really know what other features it has. (Other than the built in Print Server, which is nice) > > Should I scrap the SMC in favor of the Linksys? \*\* Look at your zonealarm logs. If you are still getting a lot of hits to your machine, You might consider it, but zonealarm is real secure. My machine couldnt even be pinged when it was hooked up direct. I now run a Dlink wireless router It does a good job of firewall, plus I can carry my laptop anywhere in the house and surf(right now I am sitting in front of the TV with my laptop). It also has a 4 port or so switch built in. It wasnt cheap, but it works great. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astro-is-looking-for-a-geeks-geek-home-networking-question/78534.md?page=1)