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Network Fundamentals

Hubs & Repeaters

Network hubs were once the primary method of interconnecting network devices to create a local area network (LAN). Hubs were inexpensive, easy to install, and provided a simple means of connecting mu…

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

How to View Hidden Files & Folders in Windows 7

This article shows you how to see hiddeen files and folders in Windows 7. Windows 7 hides important system files so that normally, you do not see them while exploring your computer. The reason behin…

Windows Servers

Creating a Virtual Machine in Windows Hyper-V. Co…

Our previous articles covered basic concepts of Virtualization along with the installation and monitoring of Windows 2012 Hyper-V. This article takes the next step, which is the installation of a gue…

Linux - Unix

Installing & Configuring VSFTPD FTP Server for Re…

Vsftpd is a popular FTP server for Unix/Linux systems. For thoes unaware of the vsftpd ftp server, note that this is not just another ftp server, but a mature product that has been around for over 12…

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…

Cisco Switches

Download The Complete Cisco Catalyst Switching Po…

The Cisco Catalyst Switching Portfolio is perhaps one of the most useful Cisco PDF files, containing all Catalyst series products. The portfolio covers all Cisco modular switches, including th…

Linux - Unix

Updating Your Linux Server - How to Update Linux…

Like any other software, an operating system needs to be updated. Updates are required not only because of the new hardware coming into the market, but also for improving the overall performance and…

Windows Servers

Introduction To Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtualiza…

FREE Hyper-V & VMware Backup: FREE for Firewall.cx readers for a Limited Time! Download Now! Virtualization is an abstraction layer that creates separate distinct virtual environmen…

Cisco Wireless

Understanding, Configuring & Tweaking Web-based C…

Cisco Aironet Access Points, just like most Cisco devices, provide a web interface from which we are able to configure the device. It is often we are presented with a number of options and settings…

Cisco Routers

Configuring Static Route Tracking using IP SLA (…

In today's network environment, redundancy is one of the most important aspects, whether its on the LAN side or on the WAN side. In this topic we will be covering WAN redundancy with multiple WAN lin…

Subnetting

IP Subnetting - Part 2: Subnet Masks & Their Effe…

There are a few different ways to approach subnetting and it can get confusing because of the complexity of some subnets and the flexibility they offer. For this reason I created this little paragrap…

Palo Alto Networks

Introduction to Palo Alto Next-Generation Network…

During the past decade, we’ve seen the global IT security market flooded with new network security and firewall security appliances. New vendors emerging into the market while existing well-known ven…