Category Networking

Feb 5 2013

How to increase or decrease font size in web browser

To make the font size larger in your web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc.):

  • Windows PC: Press [Ctrl] + [+]
  • Mac: Press [Command] + [+]

To make the font size smaller in your web browser:

  • Windows PC: Press [Ctrl] + [-]
  • Mac: Press [Command] + [-]

To set the font size back to the “default” size for the web browser:

  • Windows PC: Press [Ctrl] + [0]
  • Mac: Press [Command] + [0]

Jan 24 2013

Determine IP Address of Router (Win 7)

Determine IP Address of Router (Win 7)

  1. Click your network connection icon in the system tray (bottom-right corner of your screen next to the clock)
  2. Click Open Network & Sharing Center
  3. Click the Network Connection name
  4. Click the Details button
  5. Your Router’s IP Address will be listed as the Default Gateway

Jan 24 2013

Xbox 360 Port Forwarding – Fix NAT Issue

This video quickly shows you how to setup your Xbox 360 to always have the same IP address on your local network as well as forwarding 4 ports on your Router to the Xbox.  This will help your Xbox connectivity and will resolve the issue if your NAT Type was listed as “Moderate” or “Strict.”

1. Open your Internet browser
2. Sign-in to your Router by entering your Router’s IP Address and clicking Enter.  If you don’t know how to determine your Router’s IP Address watch one of these videos to find out:

Mac OS X – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVDFmFYZPhQ&hd=1
Windows 7 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMbW1qHI55w&hd=1
Windows XP – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igcDT3VSGoU&hd=1

3. Sign-in to your Router (if applicable) with your Router’s Administrator username and password
4. Click the DHCP Reservation button
5. Select the Xbox from the list of DHCP Clients; the Xbox will typically be the entry with no name
6. Click the Add Clients button
7. Provide a descriptive name for the Xbox
8. Change the IP Address reserved for the Xbox to something easy to remember; I used 192.168.1.160 in this example.  If you don’t change the IP Address, take note of what the address is before continuing
9. Click the Save Settings button
10. Click the Applications & Gaming tab
11. Enter the following 4 Ports and forward them to the Xbox’s IP Address that we just defined in step 8
Port 88 – UDP
Port 3074 – Both
Port 53 – Both
Port 80 – TCP
12. Make sure that all of the Port Forwarding rules have pointed to the Xbox and have all been enabled
13. Scroll to the bottom of your window
14. Click the Save Settings button
15. Click the Continue button

Microsoft Link with more information:
http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live/troubleshoot/connection-issues/nat-type-strict