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Network Cabling

Straight Thru UTP Cables

This article covers the commonly known Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cable and shows how many pairs the UTP Cat5, Cat5e, Cat6 & Cat7 cables consists of, the colour coding they follow, the differe…

Windows Servers

Configuring Domain Group Policy for Windows 2003

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

ICMP Protocol

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The 'ICMP Destination unreachable' message is quite interesting, because it doesn't actually contain one message, but infact six! This means that the ICMP Destination unreachable futher breaks down i…

The OSI Model

The OSI Model: Layer 6 - Presentation Layer

The Presentation Layer gets its name from its purpose: It presents data to the Application layer. It's basically a translator and provides coding and conversion functions. A successful data transfer…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

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This article covers the UDP protocol. We examine the structure of the UDP header, the protocols that use UDP as a transport plus a lot more. Some common protocols which use UDP are: DNS, TFTP, ARP…

Cisco CallManager-CCME

Cisco Small Business SPA500 IP Phone Series Admin…

Firewall.cx readers can now access and freely download the Cisco Small Business Administration Guide for Cisco SPA500 series IP phones. The Administration Guide for Cisco SPA500 series IP phon…

Cisco Routers

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This article shows how to configure the embedded or integrated access point in a Cisco 880W series router (e.g Cisco 887W, Cisco 886W, Cisco 881W, Cisco 888W, etc) with multiple encrypted SSIDs (WPA…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

Differences Between Classic Ethernet And Fast Eth…

The two primary areas for concern when upgrading the network from 10Mbps to 100Mbps are cabling and hubs. As discussed on the Fast Ethernet Introduction page, in Fast Ethernet twisted pair cabling ne…

Windows Servers

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This article serves as an Active Directory tutorial covering installation and setup of a Windows 2012 Domain Controller using Windows Server Manager (GUI). Readers interested in performing the insta…

Network Cabling

Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) - CAT 1 to CAT5, 5e…

Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cable is most certainly by far the most popular cable around the world. UTP cable is used not only for networking but also for the traditional telephone (UTP-Cat 1). The…