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Cisco Switches

Basic & Advanced Catalyst Layer 3 Switch Configur…

This article covers basic and advanced configuration of Cisco Catalyst Layer-3 switches such as the Cisco Catalyst 3560G, 3560E, 3560-X, 3750, 3750E, 3750-X, 3850, 4500, 6500 , 9300, 9400 series, and…

Network Fundamentals

Controlling Broadcasts and Multicasts

The first step in controlling broadcast and multicast traffic is to identify which devices are involved in a broadcast or multicast storm. The following protocols can send broadcast or multicast pack…

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…

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Firewall Application-based Policy Enfor…

Our previous article examined the benefits of Palo Alto Networks Firewall Single Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) architecture and how its combine with the separate Data and Control planes to boost fir…

The OSI Model

The OSI Model: Layer 2 - Datalink Layer

The Datalink ensures that messages are delivered to the proper device and translates messages from the Network layer into bits for the Physical layer to transmit. It formats the message into data fra…

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 of the PIX and ASA Firewall into the market, Cisc…

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 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…

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…

Web Application Vulnerability Scanners

Free Web Application Vulnerability Report (2019)…

Acunetix has just released their annual Web Application Vulnerability report which aims to provide security professionals, web application developers, system administrators, web server administrators…

Cisco CallManager-CCME

CallManager Express Setup for IP Phone Firmware U…

This article will show how to configure CallManager Express (CME) for the IP phone firmware upgrade process. Upgrading your Cisco IP phones is generally a good practice, especially when upgrading you…

Cisco Switches

Password Recovery / Password Reset Procedure for…

This article shows how to reset a password on a Cisco Catalyst 3750-X (stacked or single unit) and Cisco Catalyst 3560-x switch without losing its startup configuration. The Cisco password recovery p…