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Virtualization & VM Backup

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In this article we will show you how to enable SNMP on your VMware ESXi host, configure SNMP Community string and configure your ESXi firewall to allow or block access to the SNMP service from specif…

Cisco CallManager-CCME

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As technology has advanced, things have become simpler yet more complex. One prime example is that of today’s communication networks. With the evolution of VoIP, the most obvious convergence is that…

Network Protocols

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IPSec’s protocol objective is to provide security services for IP packets such as encrypting sensitive data, authentication, protection against replay and data confidentiality. As outlined in our IP…

VLAN Networks

VTP Introduction & Modes

The invention of VLANs was very much welcomed by all engineers and administrators, allowing them to extend, redesign and segment their existing network with minimal costs, while at the same time maki…

Windows Servers

Windows 2003 DNS Server Installation & Configurat…

DNS is used for translating host names to IP addresses and the reverse, for both private and public networks (i.e.: the Internet). DNS does this by using records stored in its database. On the Intern…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

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When troubleshooting your Ethernet network, the first thing to look for is physical frame corruption. In this essay, we will discuss the different causes of physical frame corruption and the characte…

Cisco Services & Technologies

How to Fix Cisco VPN Client Error 51 – Unable to…

Apple Mac OS X users are frequently faced with the Cisco VPN Client Error 51 - Unable to Communicate with the VPN Subsystem as shown in the screenshot below: When this error is produced, users wil…

Subnetting

IP Subnetting - Part 4: Routing Between Subnets

Routing and Communication between subnets is the main topic here. This article analyses communications between subnets. We provide examples on different methods that can be used to enable subnet comm…

Cisco Services & Technologies

WEB SSL VPN - The Next Wave Of Secure VPN Services

Fifteen years ago Virtual Private Networks (VPN) access was a fairly new concept to most businesses. While large corporations already had a good head-start with VPN technologies, the rest were starti…

Linux - Unix

Linux BIND DNS - Part 3: Configuring The db.192.1…

The db.192.168.0 zone data file is the second file we need to create and configure for our BIND DNS server. As outlined in the DNS-BIND Introduction, this file's purpose is to provide the IP Address…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

TCP Header Anaylsis - Section 1: TCP Source & Des…

This section contains one of the most well-known fields in the TCP header, the Source and Destination port numbers. These fields are used to specify the application or services offered on local or re…

Network Address Translation - NAT

Dynamic NAT - Part 2

Our previous article, Dynamic NAT - Part 1, covered the basic idea of Dynamic Network Address Translation. We are now going to take a closer look at the packets as they traverse the Dynamic NAT enabl…