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Security Service Edge (SSE)

Security Service Edge (SSE) Limitations & Disadva…

This article explores the Security Service Edge (SSE) portion of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and the need for holistic cybersecurity protections. We lightly touch upon the drivers for tighter…

Cisco Routers

Cisco GRE and IPSec - GRE over IPSec - Selecting…

GRE Tunnels are very common amongst VPN implementations thanks to their simplicity and ease of configuration. With broadcasting and multicasting support, as opposed to pure IPSec VPNs, they tend to b…

Cisco Routers

Cisco Router 'User Exec' Mode

Introduction Let's see what it looks like to be in User-Exec mode on a Cisco router. Below, we have telneted into our lab router and are in User Exec Mode: The easiest way to keep track of the mo…

Cisco Routers

How To Fix Cisco Configuration Professional (CCP)…

Cisco Configuration Professional (CCP) is Cisco’s latest GUI administration tool used to administer Cisco routers. CCP is basically the next step up from the popular Security Device Manager or SDM. U…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

Transmission Control Protocol - Part 4: In-Depth…

This article is an introduction to the 7-page TCP Header analysis section that follows. We briefly view each section of the TCP Header and then move on to its analysis using detailed colourful diagra…

SASE & SD-WAN Networks

WAN Optimization vs SD WAN Networks. Today’s Chal…

Enterprises have been successfully running WAN optimization appliances at their many distributed sites for years. The devices have done a good job of helping businesses squeeze as much capacity as po…

Cisco Routers

Configuring Cisco Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)…

Our DMVPN Introduction article covered the DMVPN concept and deployment designs. We explained how DMVPN combines a number of technologies that give it its flexibility, low administrative overhead and…

Netflow

Complete Guide to Netflow: How Netflow & its Comp…

This article will cover the basics of Netflow, including its use cases, Netflow supported devices, Netflow history, and variants. We’ll also dive into the technical details of how the Netflow protoco…

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

How to Start Windows 8 and 8.1 in Safe Mode – Ena…

This article will show you how to start Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 in Safe Mode and how to enable F8 Safe Mode. Previous Windows O/S users would recall that by pressing and holding the F8 key while Wi…

Cisco Wireless

Easily Convert Cisco Autonomous - Standalone AP t…

This article explains how to convert a local or remote Autonomous / Standalone Cisco Aironet Access Point to Lightweight and register it to a Cisco WLC Controller. Included are detailed steps, comman…

Subnetting

IP Subnetting - Part 1: The Basic Concepts

When we subnet a network, we basically split it into smaller networks. For example, when a set of IP Addresses is given to a company, e.g 254 they might want to "break" (the correct term is "partitio…

Windows Servers

How to Install Desktop Icons (Computer, User’s Fi…

One of the first things IT Administrators and IT Managers notice after a fresh installation of Windows 2012 Server is that there are no Desktop Icons apart from the Recycle Bin. Desktop icons such as…