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ICMP Protocol

ICMP Protocol - Part 1: Introduction

The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), is a very popular protocol and actually part of an Internet Protocol (IP) implementation. Because IP wasn't designed to be absolutely reliable, ICMP came…

Network Protocol Analyzers

Introducing Colasoft Unified Performance Manageme…

Colasoft Unified Performance Management (UPM) is a business-oriented network performance management system, which analyzes network performance, quality, fault, and security issues based on business…

Network Fundamentals

The Importance of a Network Analyzer – Packet Sni…

Network Analyzers, also known as Packet Sniffers, are amongst the most popular network tools found inside any Network Engineer’s toolkit. A Network Analyzer allows users to capture network packets as…

Windows Servers

The Importance of a Comprehensive Backup Strategy…

People and companies usually adopt a backup strategy suited to the needs of their working environment. As such, there is no absolute right or wrong method of backing up data however in order to backu…

SASE & SD-WAN Networks

Configuring A SASE Unified Network: Data centers…

This article explores the need for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) in today’s organizations. We show how one of the most advanced SASE platforms available, combines VPN and VPN and SD-WAN capabilit…

Palo Alto Networks

Complete Guide to Upgrading Palo Alto Firewall PA…

Upgrading your Palo Alto Firewall or Panorama Management System to the preferred PAN-OS release is always recommended as it ensures it remains stable, safe from known vulnerabilities and exploits but…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

The Ethernet II Frame Format

The following is a description of the frame format described by the original Ethernet Version II specification as released by DEC, Intel, and Xerox. Like the 802.3 spec, the Version II spec defines a…

Network Fundamentals

DoS & DDoS Attacks

A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal functioning of a website, server or network by flooding it with traffic or overloading its resources. The aim of such an…

Linux - Unix

Configuring Linux Samba (SMB) - How to Setup Samb…

Resource sharing, like file systems and printers, in Microsoft Windows systems, is accomplished using a protocol called the Server Message Block or SMB. For working with such shared resources over a…

OpManager - Network Monitoring & Management

Network Management Systems Help Businesses Accura…

Accurately monitoring your organization’s business application performance, service provider SLA breaches, network infrastructure traffic, bandwidth availability, Wi-Fi capacity, packet loss, delay…

Cisco Data Center (Nexus/UCS)

Nexus 7000/7700 Software Upgrade via ISSU. Comple…

This article shows how to perform an ISSU (In-Service Software Upgrade) on a Nexus Data Center switch (7000 and 7700 models) and avoid service and network disruption. We explain the importance of kee…

Network Protocols

Introduction To The ISDN Protocol

ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) is a digital telephone standard designed to replace analogue connections by utilising ordinary copper wires that are used in standard analogue telephone sys…