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Network Protocol Analyzers

How to Detect SYN Flood Attacks with Capsa Networ…

This article explains how to detect a SYN Flood Attack using an advanced protocol analyser like Colasoft Capsa. We’ll show you how to identify and inspect abnormal traffic spikes, drill into captured…

SASE & SD-WAN Networks

MPLS vs. SD-WAN vs. Internet vs. Cloud Network. C…

The Wide Area Network (WAN) is the backbone of the business. It ties together the remote locations, headquarters and data centers into an integrated network. Yet, the role of the WAN has evolved in r…

Cisco Switches

Cisco Catalyst Err-disabled Port State, Enable &…

Errdisable is a feature that automatically disables a port on a Cisco Catalyst switch. When a port is error disabled, it is effectively shut down and no traffic is sent or received on that port…

Windows Servers

Configuring Local Group Policy for Windows 2003

Windows 2003 Group Policies allow the administrators to efficiently manage a group of people accessing a resource. Group policies can be used to control both the users and the computers. They give b…

Cisco CallManager-CCME

Cisco CallManager Express Basic Concepts - Part 1

This article introduces basic CallManager Express (CCME) concepts by covering how a CCME router operates, how calls are setup between Cisco IP phones but also the role of a CCME router in this proces…

IP Protocol

IP Protocol - Part 1: Binary & The Internet Proto…

To understand the Internet Protocol, we need to learn and understand Binary. It is very important to know and understand Binary because part of the IP protocol is also the "Subnetting" section which…

Cisco CallManager-CCME

How to Enable & Disable Phone Port Lines on Cisco…

The Cisco ATA 186 and 188 analog phone adaptor is very common amongst Cisco CallManager (CUCM) & Cisco CallManager Express (CUCME) installations. The ATA 186/188 provides two analog phone ports…

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

OSPF - Part 6: OSPF LSA Types - Purpose and Funct…

Our previous article explained the purpose of Link State Update (LSU) packets and examined the Link State Advertisement (LSA) information contained within LSU packets. We also saw the most common LSA…

Network Address Translation - NAT

Dynamic NAT - Part 1

Dynamic NAT is the second NAT mode we're going to talk about. Dynamic NAT, like Static NAT, is not that common in smaller networks but you'll find it used within larger corporations with complex netw…

Cisco Routers

Configuring NAT Overload On A Cisco Router

NAT (Network Address Translation) is a method that allows the translation (modification) of IP addresses while packets/datagrams are traversing the network. NAT Overload, also known as PAT (Port Addr…

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…