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Network Cabling

CAT5, CAT5e, CAT6 UTP X-Over / Cross-over Cable

The cross-over (or crossover) CAT5 UTP cable has to be one of the most used cables after the classic straight-thru cable. The cross-over cable allows us to connect two computers without needing a hub…

Network Fundamentals

Power over Ethernet - Understanding PoE Technolog…

Power over Ethernet (PoE) was invented by PowerDsine back in 1997 and the first power injector (Midspan) was installed in 1998! Many manufacturespartnered with PowerDsine to make useof this innovatio…

Routing

OSPF - Part 5: Analysis of OSPF Link State Update…

This article explains how OSPF uses Link State Advertisement (LSA) to exchange information about the network topology between routers. When a router receives an LSA, it is stored in the Link-State Da…

Network Protocol Analyzers

How to Use Multi-Segment Analysis to Troubleshoot…

Troubleshooting network problems can be a very intensive and challenging process. Intermittent network problems are even more difficult to troubleshoot as the problem occurs at random times with a ra…

Network Protocols

ISDN Layers, Protocols & Components

Our previous article was an Introduction To The ISDN Protocol. This article dives a bit deeper by examining ISDN Layers, Protocols & Components. ISDN uses circuit-switching to establish a physic…

Windows Servers

Free Webinar: Migrating from Hyper-V to VMware

If your organization is planning to migration from a Hyper-V virtualization environment to VMware then this FREE webinar is just for you. Aimed toward Hyper-V and VMware admins this webinar will cov…

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…

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…

Linux - Unix

Linux VIM / Vi Editor - Tutorial - Basic & Advanc…

When you are using Vim, you want to know three things - getting in, moving about and getting out. Of course, while doing these three basic operations, you would like to do something meaningful as wel…

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

Configuring Windows 7 To Provide Secure Wireless…

Not many people are aware that Windows 7 has built-in capabilities that allow it to be transformed into a perfectly working access point so that wireless clients such as laptops, smartphones and othe…

Cisco Services & Technologies

Comparing DMVPN Single Tier and Dual Tier Headend…

This article extends our DMVPN article series by answering common questions regarding the differences between Single Tier Headend and Dual Tier Headend architectures. When hearing the DMVPN terms si…

Routing

OSPF - Part 2: How OSPF Protocol Works & Basic Co…

This article covers basic OSPF concepts and operation. We explain how OSPF works, how OSPF tables are built on an OSPF-enabled router and their purpose (Neighbour Table, Topology Table, Routing Table…