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The OSI Model

The OSI Model: Layer 5 - Session Layer

The Session layer is responsible for setting up, managing and then tearing down sessions between Presentation layer entities. The Session layer also provides dialog control between devices, or nodes…

Windows Servers

Windows 2003 DHCP Server Advanced Configuration -…

Part 1 of our Windows 2003 DHCP Server Advanced Configuration article explained the creation and configuration of DHCP Scope options and how to configure various DHCP server settings. This article fo…

Network Fundamentals

Need for Speed – The Data Tsunami & Advancements…

A long-long time ago (not long ago in earth time) 100 Mbps was THE technology. 100 Mbps uplinks bundled with ether-channel was the ultimate uplink technology. This was the prevailing technology durin…

Windows Servers

Configuring Domain Group Policy for Windows 2003

Windows 2003 Group Policies allow the administrators to manage a group of people accessing a resource efficiently. The group policies can be used to control both the users and computers. They give b…

Cisco Switches

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Zero-Downtime IOS Upgr…

The Supervisor Engine is the heart of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 and 6500 series switches. It is the equivalent of an engine in a car. Every packet that enters or exits your switch passes through the Su…

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Spanning Tree Protocol – Part 2: Rapid STP Port C…

Spanning Tree Protocol, Rapid STP port costs and port states are an essential part of the STP algorithm that affect how STP decides to forward or block a port leading to the Root Bridge. In our prev…

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

Configure Windows 8 & 8.1 To Provide Secure Wirel…

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 (including Professional edition) operating systems provide the ability to turn your workstation or laptop into a secure wireless access point, allowing wireless clients (inc…

Subnetting

IP Subnetting - Part 2: Subnet Masks & Their Effe…

There are a few different ways to approach subnetting and it can get confusing because of the complexity of some subnets and the flexibility they offer. For this reason I created this little paragrap…

Cisco Routers

Configuring Policy-Based Routing (PBR) with IP SL…

What is Policy-Based Routing? Policy-Based Routing (PBR) is a very popular feature in Cisco routers, it allows the creation of policies that can selectively alter the path that packets take wi…

Network Address Translation - NAT

Static NAT - Part 2

The previous page (Static NAT - Part 1) helped us understand what exactly happens with Static NAT and how it works, and we saw a few examples of how to use it in various network configurations. This…

Cisco Firewalls

Cisco ASA Firepower Threat Defense (FTD): Downloa…

One Appliance – One Image is what Cisco is targeting for its Next Generation Firewalls. With this vision, Cisco has created a unified software image named “Cisco Firepower Threat Defense”. In t…

Web Application Vulnerability Scanners

Top 3 Most Popular Web Application Vulnerabilitie…

Since 2011 Web Application Vulnerability scanners scanned 396 open source web applications. The scanners identified 269 vulnerabilities and a popular web vulnerability scanner published 114 advisorie…