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Cisco Switches

VLAN Security Tips - Best Practices

This article focuses on VLAN Security and its implementation within the business network environment. We provide tips and Cisco CLI commands that will help you upgrade your VLAN network security. Ev…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

Late Ethernet Collisions

Late collisions, on the other hand, are not normal and are usually the result of out of spec. cabling or a malfunctioning adapter. A late collision is defined as any collision that occurs after 512 b…

Windows Servers

Installing Windows Server 2012 Active Directory v…

This article serves as an Active Directory tutorial covering installation and setup of a Windows 2012 Domain Controller using Windows Server Manager (GUI). Readers interested in performing the insta…

Network Protocol Analyzers

Improve Network Analysis Efficiency with Colasoft…

Troubleshooting network problems can be a very difficult and challenging task. While most IT engineers use a network analyzer to help solve network problems, when analyzing hundreds or thousands of p…

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Firewall - Web & CLI Initial C…

This article is the second-part of our Palo Alto Networks Firewall technical articles. Our previous article was introduction to Palo Alto Networks Firewall appliances and technical specifications, wh…

Palo Alto Networks

The Benefits of Palo Alto Networks Firewall Singl…

What makes Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) so different from its competitors is its Platform, Process and Architecture. Palo Alto Networks delivers all the next generation firewall…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

What is CSMA/CD ?

CSMA/CD stands for Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection. It refers to the means of media access, or deciding "who gets to talk" in an Ethernet network. A more elegant term for "who…

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Firewall Application-based Policy Enfor…

Our previous article examined the benefits of Palo Alto Networks Firewall Single Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) architecture and how its combine with the separate Data and Control planes to boost fir…

SASE & SD-WAN Networks

Check Point Software and Cato Networks Co-Founder…

By: Shlomo Kramer, Check Point Software & Cato Networks Co-Founder As one of the founders of Check Point Software and more recently Cato Networks, I’m often asked for my opinion on the future of…

Routing

Routed Protocols

We all understand that TCP/IP, IPX-SPX are protocols which are used in a Local Area Network (LAN) so computers can communicate between with each other and with other computers on the Internet. Chanc…

Windows Servers

How to Install Windows Server 2012 from USB Flash…

Most would remember the days we had to have a CDROM or DVDROM in order to proceed with the installation of an operating system. Today, it is very common installing an operating system direct from an…

IP Protocol

IP Protocol - Part 3: IP Classes, Network & Host…

This article explains the 'Network-ID' and 'Host-ID' concept found in IP addressing and subnetting. We analyse the structure of IP addresses and network classes and show their Network-IDs and Host-ID…