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Cisco Switches

End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the…

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3750G, 3560G, 3750-E, and 3560-E Series Switches. The last day to order the affected product(s) is January 30, 2013. Custo…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

The IEEE 802.3 Frame Format

The following is a description of the Ethernet Frame Format described in the IEEE 802.3 Specification. The 802.3 Specification defines a 14 byte Data Link Header followed by a Logical Link Control He…

Cisco Routers

Configuring Dynamic NAT (NAT Overload) On A Cisco…

NAT (Network Address Translation) is a method that allows the translation (modification) of IP addresses while packets/datagrams are traversing the network. Dynamic NAT enables multiple internal host…

Linux - Unix

Installing & Configuring VSFTPD FTP Server for Re…

Vsftpd is a popular FTP server for Unix/Linux systems. For thoes unaware of the vsftpd ftp server, note that this is not just another ftp server, but a mature product that has been around for over 12…

SASE & SD-WAN Networks

Understanding Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) a…

Software Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) is changing the way that businesses connect to the cloud. With SD-WAN, organizations can move away from closed, proprietary hardware solutions, bringing…

Cisco Routers

Introduction To Routers

Welcome to the Routers section. Here we will analyse routers quite some depth; what they do and how they work. We must point out that knowlege on the OSI model is recommended, plus understanding of h…

SASE & SD-WAN Networks

WAN Optimization vs SD WAN Networks. Today’s Chal…

Enterprises have been successfully running WAN optimization appliances at their many distributed sites for years. The devices have done a good job of helping businesses squeeze as much capacity as po…

Cisco Routers

Cisco Router 'User Exec' Mode

Introduction Let's see what it looks like to be in User-Exec mode on a Cisco router. Below, we have telneted into our lab router and are in User Exec Mode: The easiest way to keep track of the mo…

Cisco Wireless

Cisco Aironet 1242AG /1240 - Multiple SSID & 80…

This article explains how the Cisco 1240 series access point can be setup to provide support for multiple SSID, each SSID assigned to a separate VLAN. This type of configuration is id…

Windows Servers

How to Install Desktop Icons (Computer, User’s Fi…

One of the first things IT Administrators and IT Managers notice after a fresh installation of Windows 2012 Server is that there are no Desktop Icons apart from the Recycle Bin. Desktop icons such as…

Network Protocol Analyzers

How to Detect Routing Loops and Physical Loops wi…

When working with medium to large scale networks, IT departments are often faced dealing with network loops and broadcast storms that are caused by user error, faulty network devices or incorrect con…

Network Fundamentals

Network Data Transmission

Network data transmission refers to the process of sending and receiving information between two or more devices connected to a network. It is a critical aspect of modern-day networking, and it enabl…