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Cisco Switches

Spanning Tree BPDU Guard and Errdisable Interface…

Running Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) in a large network environment can be a challenging task especially when features/enhancements such as BPDU Filter and BPDU Guard need to be configured to help ST…

Windows Servers

Windows 2003 DHCP Server Installation & Configura…

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol that allows clients on a network to request network configuration settings from a server running the DHCP server service which, in our case, w…

Cisco Routers

Cisco Router Basic ISDN Configuration

Configuration of ISDN interfaces on Cisco routers are usually considered a straight-forward process, however there are some details which can cause your ISDN dialer interface to fail. This article w…

Supernetting & CIDR

The Supernetting / CIDR Chart

This articles build upon our previous pages covering what is Supernetting (Route Summarization) & How Supernets Work and Supernetting In-Depth Analysis - Learn to Identify and Create Supern…

Cisco Routers

Cisco VPN Client Configuration - Setup for IOS Ro…

Remote VPN access is an extremely popular service amongst Cisco routers and ASA Firewalls. The flexibility of having remote access to our corporate network and its resources literally from anywhere i…

VPN Services & Guides

Best VPN Service - Top VPN Service Reviews and VP…

VPN Services have become a necessity for users concerned about their online privacy and security. With literally hundreds of thousands of attacks daily, exploits and security vulnerabilities being di…

Windows Servers

How to Install and Configure Windows 2012 DNS Ser…

Our previous article covered introduction to the Domain Name System (DNS) and explained the importance of the DNS Server role within the network infrastructure, especially when Active Directory is in…

Windows Servers

Free Webinar & eBook on Microsoft Licensing for V…

Microsoft Licensing for Virtual environments can become a very complicated topic, especially with all the misconceptions and false information out there. Thankfully Altaro, the leader in Hyper-V Back…

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…

OpManager - Network Monitoring & Management

Special Free Podcast Series: IT Operations Manage…

Learn how IT Experts and Managers take on their organization’s challenges while working remotely. How do you continue your IT Operation Management Strategy while at the same time ensuring Network Com…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

The IEEE 802.3 SNAP Frame Format

While the original 802.3 specification worked well, the IEEE realized that some upper layer protocols required an Ethertype to work properly. For example, TCP/IP uses the Ethertype to differentiate b…

Cisco Routers

How To Configure Windows VPDN (PPTP) Dialup Conne…

Setting up a Windows VPDN connection is a required task in order to connect to a remote network. In previous articles we covered the set up of a VPDN - PPTP server on a Cisco router. Click here to fi…