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Network Protocol Analyzers

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When working with medium to large scale networks, IT departments are often faced dealing with network loops and broadcast storms that are caused by...
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Peer-to-Peer file sharing traffic has become a very large problem for many organizations as users engage in illegal (most times) file sharing proce...
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How To Detect ARP Attacks & ARP Flooding With C...

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Colasoft Unified Performance Management (UPM) is a business-oriented network performance management system, which analyzes network performance, qua...

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Palo Alto Networks

Complete Guide: Configuring IPSec VPN between Palo A...

This article will show you how to configure an IPSec VPN tunnel between a Palo Alto firewall (all PANOS versions) and Meraki MX security appliance. Our ...
Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Firewalls Security Zones – Tap Zone, Virtu...

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls rely on the concept of security zones in order to apply security policies. This means that access lists (fi...
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Palo Alto Firewall Application-based Policy Enforcem...

Our previous article examined the benefits of Palo Alto Networks Firewall Single Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) architecture and how its combine with th...
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Our previous article explained how Palo Alto Firewalls make use of Security Zones to process and enforce security policies. This article will explain th...

Windows Servers

Windows 2003 DHCP Server Installation & Configuration

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol that allows clients on a network to request network configuration settings from a server runnin...
Windows Servers

Configuring Windows Server Roaming Profiles

Windows roaming profiles allow the mobile users of a company to always work with their personal settings from any network computer in a domain. Roaming ...
Windows Servers

Hyper-V Best Practices - Replica, Cluster, Backup Ad...

Hyper-V has proven to be a very cost effective solution for server consolidation. Evidence of this is also the fact that companies are beginning to move...
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Windows Server 2012 File Server Resources Manager (F...

The Windows Server 2008 first carried FSRM or Fie Server Resources Manager, which allowed administrators to define the file types that users could save ...

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Windows 2003 DHCP Server Advanced Configuration - Pa...

Part 1 of our Windows 2003 DHCP Server Advanced Configuration article explained the creation and configuration of DHCP Scope options and how to configur...
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Spanning Tree Protocol – Part 2: Rapid STP Port Cost...

Spanning Tree Protocol, Rapid STP port costs and port states are an essential part of the STP algorithm that affect how STP decides to forward or block ...
Virtualization & VM Backup

6 Key Areas to Consider When Selecting a VM Backup S...

Backup and Disaster recovery are core considerations for any business with an IT footprint, whether that is on-premises or in the cloud. Your business ...
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8 Critical Features to Have in a VM Backup Solution

Businesses that rely on virtual machines for their day-to-day operations should think twice about securing their infrastructure. Modern use of virtual m...

Cisco Services & Technologies

Renewing Cisco Certifications without sitting for a ...

Without a doubt, Cisco certifications and specializations are among the most popular vendor certifications in the IT industry, and earning them doesn’t ...
Cisco Switches

Cisco 4507R+E Layer 3 Installation: Redundant WS-X45...

It's no news that we here at Firewall.cx enjoy writing about our installations of Cisco equipment and especially devices that we don’t get to see and pl...
Cisco Routers

How and Why You Should Verify IOS Images On Cisco Ro...

Chances are we’ve all needed to upgrade our Cisco’s device IOS software at some point. While upgrading the IOS software on a Cisco device is considered ...
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IP Phone 7900 Series (7940, 7941, 7942, 7960, 7961, ...

This article explains how to reset your Cisco 7940, 7941, 7942, 7960, 7961, 7962 & 7920 IP phone to factory defaults, and how to upgrade its firmwar...