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Cisco Wireless

Configuring Cisco WLC Link Aggregation (LAG) with…

Cisco Wireless Controllers (WLC) support the configuration of Link Aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad - LAG) which bundles the controller ports into a single port channel. This helps simplify the configuratio…

VLAN Networks

VLAN InterSwitch Link (ISL) Protocol Analysis

Deciding whether to use ISL or IEEE 802.1q to power your trunk links can be quite confusing if you cannot identify the advantages and disadvantages of each protocol within your network. This article…

Domain Name System (DNS)

The DNS Protocol - Part 1: Introduction

If you ever wondered where DNS came from, this is your chance to find out ! The quick summary on DNS's history will also help you understand why DNS servers are run mostly on Linux and Unix-type syst…

Windows Workstations (XP, 7, 8, 10, 11)

Microsoft Windows XP - End of Life / End of Suppo…

A Q&A with Cristian Florian, Product Manager For GFI LanGuard On Security Implications & Planning Ahead With Windows XP End of Life & End of Support just around the corner (8th of April…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

Introduction to Ethernet Collisions

The word "Collision" shouldn't be any new news to people who work with networks everyday. If it is thought, don't worrie, that's why you are here. A collision is an event that happens on an Ethernet…

Cisco Switches

DHCP Option 82 Message Format, Analysis. DHCP Sno…

This article provides in-depth analysis of DHCP Option 82 (DHCP Relay Agent) which is one of the +180 DHCP Options available to the DHCP protocol and used by the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) used for a…

Windows Servers

Windows 2012 Server NIC Teaming – Load Balancing/…

NIC Teaming, also known as Windows Load Balancing or Failover (LBFO), is an extremely useful feature supported by Windows Server 2012 that allows the aggregation of multiple network interface cards t…

Domain Name System (DNS)

The DNS Protocol - Part 4: DNS Response Message F…

The previous article covered the DNS Query message formats. In the article we analysed them in great detail and showed how various options are selected by the host using the Flags/Parameters field.&n…

OpManager - Network Monitoring & Management

Free Webinar - Dealing with Remote VPN Challenges…

With a lot of enterprises switching to a work-from-home model, it is critical for admins to have a strategy in place to avoid poor performance and ensure secure access. This webinar will help you und…

Windows Servers

Hyper-V Best Practices - Replica, Cluster, Backup…

Hyper-V has proven to be a very cost effective solution for server consolidation. Evidence of this is also the fact that companies are beginning to move from VMware to the Hyper-V virtualization plat…

Cisco CallManager-CCME

Download Cisco CallManager Express CCME GUI Admin…

Most engineers are aware that to download and install the latest Cisco CallManager Express (CCME) Graphical User Interface (GUI) files, Cisco requires a registered CCO account with the necessary priv…

Network Protocol Analyzers

How to Detect P2P (peer-to-peer) File Sharing, To…

Peer-to-Peer file sharing traffic has become a very large problem for many organizations as users engage in illegal (most times) file sharing processes that not only consumes valuable bandwidth, but…