* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass talks about the Piggy Bank Semantic Web browser * Help Desk columnist Ron Nutter offers advice on how administer PCs remotely
* Extending Firefox like a piggy bank
Q: What is the Piggy Bank Semantic Web browser extension for Firefox?
A: Released by the SIMILE Project, Piggy Bank is the Semantic Web browser extension.
The Semantic Web initiative has defined a standard data model called Resource Description Framework, useful for organizing content on the Web independent of formatting. Data represented in RDF is easier to reuse than information contained in standard HTML pages.
To read Steve’s answer in its entirety, please go to:
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/101005internet.html?rl
* Remotely administering a small office
Q: I help friends and family with technical issues. I would like to administer one of their PCs remotely – owned by a handicapped user who can’t implement my verbal suggestions from the telephone. It is probably my communication inadequacies. The PCs at this location are on a DSL router (wireless and wired) with NAT and DHCP. How do remote packages like VNC and Radmin deal with routers and NAT? I looked at their Web sites and they don’t address this directly.
A: Depending on the router/firewall in use, all you may have to do is configure the router/firewall to allow the port(s) used by either VNC or radmin to be directed to a specific address on the private side of the firewall. Some firewalls can do this, others may require that a public IP address be used in order to direct the ports to a specific address.
To read Ron’s answer in its entirety, please go to:
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/101005nutter.html?rl
