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VPN Services & Guides

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What is a VPN? VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a well-known acronym amongst regular internet users. Initially used within businesses to securely connect to the corporate network, nowadays it’s bein…

Network Cabling

10Base-T/2/5/F/35 - Ethernet

The 10Base-T UTP Ethernet and 10Base-2 Coax Ethernet were very popular in the early to mid 1990's when 100 Mbps network cards and hubs/switches were very expensive. Today's prices have dropped so muc…

Cisco Firewalls

Cisco ASA5500 (5505, 5510, 5520, etc) Series Fire…

The Cisco ASA 5500 series security appliances have been around for quite some time and are amongst the most popular hardware firewalls available in the market. Today Firewall.cx takes a look at how t…

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…

Routing

Distance Vector Routing Protocols

Distance Vector routing protocols use frequent broadcasts (255.255.255.255 or FF:FF:FF:FF) of their entire routing table every 30 sec. on all their interfaces in order to communicate with their neigh…

ManageEngine

Free seminar: Discover how AIOps can alleviate IT…

Accelerating your digital transformation process requires your business to be composable. However, the prevalence of log data across modern dynamic IT infrastructures raises challenges in operat…

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Free Cisco IP Phone & ATA Firmware (SCCP & SIP)…

Firewall.cx readers can now download free Cisco firmware files for all Cisco IP Phones & Cisco ATA devices. Our new Cisco IP Phone & ATA Firmware Download section contains the latest SCCP (Sk…

Network Protocol Analyzers

Detect Brute-Force Attacks with nChronos Network…

Brute-force attacks are commonly known attack methods by which hackers try to get access to restricted accounts and data using an exhaustive list/database of usernames and passwords. Brute-force atta…

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Boost Network Security and Efficiency with Intell…

Network alerts are vital for maintaining your network's health, efficiency, and security, ensuring seamless daily operations. They act as an early warning system, alerting you to potential issues bef…

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Spanning Tree Protocol – Part 2: Rapid STP Port C…

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 a port leading to the Root Bridge. In our prev…

Virtualization & VM Backup

How to Enable or Disable SSH on VMware ESXi via W…

SSH access to VMware’s ESXi server is by disabled by default however there are many reasons where SSH might be required. VMware and System administrators often find the need to perform advanced admin…