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Cisco Firewalls

Converting Cisco Firepower from Platform mode t...

This article explains how to configure a Cisco Firepower 2100 series device to operate in Appliance mode. We’ll show you how to switch from Platform mode to Appliance mode and how the device will a...

Palo Alto Networks

Complete Guide: Configuring IPSec VPN between P...

This article will show you how to configure an IPSec VPN tunnel between a Palo Alto firewall (all PANOS versions) and Meraki MX security appliance. Our comprehensive guide includes IPSec VPN setup ...

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 f...

Windows Servers

Installing Windows Server 2012 Active Directory...

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 ins...

Cisco Firewalls

Upgrading - Uploading AnyConnect Secure Mobilit...

This article will show how to download and upload the newer AnyConnect 4.x VPN clients to your Cisco ASA Firewall appliance (5500 & 5500-X Series) and configure WebVPN so that the newer AnyConn...

Network Cabling

LPT Ports & Modes (SPP, EPP, ECP) - Parallel Di...

The Parallel Direct Connection is the second solution covering the transfer of data from one computer to another. The cable required is slightly more complicated as it has more wires that need to b...

Network Address Translation - NAT

Static NAT - Part 1

Static NAT (also called inbound mapping) is the first mode we're going to talk about and also happens to be the most uncommon between smaller networks. Static NAT was mainly created to allow hosts...

ICMP Protocol

ICMP Protocol - Part 1: Introduction

The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), is a very popular protocol and actually part of an Internet Protocol (IP) implementation. Because IP wasn't designed to be absolutely reliable, ICMP ca...

Cisco Data Center (Nexus/UCS)

The Complete Cisco Nexus vPC Guide. Features & ...

Cisco virtual Port Channel (vPC) is a virtualization technology, launched in 2009, which allows links that are physically connected to two different Cisco Nexus Series devices to appear as a single...

Network Protocols

Understanding the Need for IPv6 - How IPv6 Over...

Internet has been around in its current form since the 1980s. What started off as an in-house project in ARPA in 1958 rapidly expanded into what we know today as the Internet. IPv4 as a protocol ha...

Network Fundamentals

Measuring Network Performance: Test Network Thr...

Measuring network performance has always been a difficult and unclear task, mainly because most engineers and administrators are unsure which approach is best suited for their LAN or WAN network. ...

Routing

OSPF - Part 3: OSPF Adjacency & Neighbor Formin...

This is the thrid article of our 6-part OSPF series (see below) that describes how OSPF routers perform neighbor relationship and adjacency. We’ll examine how OSPF discovers neighbors by sending He...