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Cisco SmartCare Update - Next Generation Appliance
It's been more than a year since we introduced the Cisco SmartCare service and appliance. It's been extremely popular and has successfully penetrated…
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How and Why You Should Verify IOS Images On Cisco…
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 consider…
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Cisco Unity Express Installation & Setup - ISM-SR…
Unity Express is a popular add-on for Cisco Unified Communication Manager Express (CallManager Express) and Cisco Unified Communication Manager (CUCM…
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The Cisco Smart Care Service & Appliance
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Cisco Switches
Complete Guide to DHCP Snooping, How it Works, Co…
This article covers popular Layer 2 & Layer 3 network attacks with a focus on DHCP Starvation Attacks, Man-in-the-Middle attacks, unintentional r…
Cisco Switches
Installation of a Cisco Catalyst 4507R-E Layer 3…
Driven by our thirst for technical material and experience, we thought it would be a great idea to start presenting various installations of Cisco eq…
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 wil…
Cisco Switches
DHCP Option 82 Message Format, Analysis. DHCP Sno…
This article provides in-depth analysis of DHCP Option 82 (DHCP Relay Agent) which is one of the +180 DHCP Options available to the DHCP protocol and…
Cisco Wireless:
Cisco Wireless
Wireless (Wifi) WEP WPA WPA2 Key Generator
The Firewall.cx Wireless LAN Key Generator will allow the generation of a WEP or WPA ASCII based encryption key and will provide the equivalent HE…
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Cisco Aironet 1100 & 1200 Series (1110, 1121, 114…
Resetting a Cisco Aironet access point can be required if you’ve lost your password or need to wipe out the configuration of a previously configured…
Cisco Wireless
Cisco WLC Interfaces, Ports & Their Functionality…
Our previous article introduced Cisco’s popular Wireless ControllerCisco’s popular Wireless Controller (WLC) devices and examined their benefits to e…
Cisco Wireless
Complete Guide: How to Download & Deploy The Cisc…
This article covers the deployment of the Cisco WLC 9800-CL cloud-based controller on the VMware ESXi platform. We explain the CPU, RAM and storage r…
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Cisco Firewalls
Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewall with IPS, ASA CX…
The Cisco ASA Firewall 5500-X series has evolved from the previous ASA 5500 Firewall series, designed to protect mission critical corporate networks…
Cisco Firewalls
Converting Cisco Firepower from Platform mode to…
This article explains how to configure a Cisco Firepower 2100 series device to operate in Appliance mode. We’ll show you how to switch from Platform…
Cisco Firewalls
Upgrading - Uploading AnyConnect Secure Mobility…
This article will show how to download and upload the newer AnyConnect 4.x VPN clients to your Cisco ASA Firewall appliance (5500 & 5500-X Series…
Cisco Firewalls
Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewall Modules & Cards –…
Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Firewalls are one of the most popular and proven security solutions in the industry. Since the introduction…
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Cisco Password Crack
Decrypt Cisco Type-7 Passwords on the fly!
Cisco Routers
Troubleshooting PPP Internet Connection On A Cisco Rou…
The Point-to-Point Protocol is one of the most popular protocols around used by engineers, ISPs and companies around the globe for authentication of remot…
Cisco Routers
Cisco VPN Client Configuration - Setup for IOS Router
Remote VPN access is an extremely popular service amongst Cisco routers and ASA Firewalls. The flexibility of having remote access to our corporate networ…
Cisco Routers
Configuring Policy-Based Routing (PBR) with IP SLA Tra…
What is Policy-Based Routing?
Policy-Based Routing (PBR) is a very popular feature in Cisco routers, it allows the creation of policies that can selectiv…
Cisco Routers
Cisco Router Basic ISDN Configuration
Configuration of ISDN interfaces on Cisco routers are usually considered a straight-forward process, however there are some details which can cause your I…
Cisco Data Center (Nexus/UCS)
Introduction to Cisco Nexus Switches – Nexus Product F…
This article introduces the Cisco Nexus product family (Nexus 9000, Nexus 7000, Nexus 5000, Nexus 3000, Nexus 2000, Nexus 1000V and MDS 9000). We explain…
Cisco Data Center (Nexus/UCS)
Nexus 7000/7700 Software Upgrade via ISSU. Complete Up…
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…
Cisco Data Center (Nexus/UCS)
The Complete Cisco Nexus vPC Guide. Features & Advanta…
Cisco virtual Port Channel (vPC) is a virtualization technology, launched in 2009, which allows links that are physically connected to two different Cisco…
Cisco Data Center (Nexus/UCS)
Join Australia’s First Official Cisco Data Center User…
It’s a reality – Australia now has its own Official Cisco Data Center User Group (DCUG) and it’s growing fast! Originally inspired by Cisco Champions Chri…







