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VPN Services & Guides

Best VPN Review: StrongVPN. Download Speed Τest…

StrongVPN is one of the most popular VPN service around the world. With a presence in over 23 countries,+650 servers, cheap prices, Strong Encryption and blazing fast download speeds – it rightf…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

Integrating Fast Ethernet into 10MB Ethernet Netw…

Now that Fast Ethernet is here, the question becomes, "How do I start using it ?" Integrating Fast Ethernet into existing networks need not be done all at once. Here are some aspects of 100Mbps impl…

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…

VLAN Networks

VLANs - Access & Trunk Links

If you've read our previous article The VLAN Concept - Introduction to VLANs then you should feel comfortable with terms such as 'VLAN', 'Static & Dynamic VLANs', however this is just…

Windows Servers

Easy, Fast & Reliable Hyper-V & VMware Backup wit…

As more companies around the world adopt the virtualization technology to increase efficiency and productivity, Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization platform is continuously gaining ground in the globa…

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 o…

Cisco Routers

Resolving Cisco Router/Switch Tftp Problems: Sour…

When working with Cisco equipment that has multiple ip interfaces, a common problem engineers are faced with is trying to successfully tftp to or from the Cisco device. This issue is usually encounte…

Linux - Unix

Linux BIND DNS - Part 2: Configuring db.domain Z…

It's time to start creating our zone files. We'll follow the standard format, which is given in the DNS RFCs, in order to keep everything neat and less confusing. First step is to decide on the doma…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

UDP Protocol - Header

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 Wireless

Complete Guide: How to Download & Deploy The Cisc…

This article covers the deployment of the Cisco WLC 9800-CL cloud-based controller on the VMware ESXi platform. We explain the CPU, RAM and storage requirements, provide URLs to easily download and i…

Linux - Unix

Understanding, Administering Linux Groups and Use…

In a multi-user environment like Linux, every file is owned by a user and a group. There can be others as well who may be allowed to work with the file. What this means is, as a user, you have all th…

Windows Workstations (XP, 7, 8, 10, 11)

Installing The ‘Unsupported’ Profilic USB-to-Seri…

Thanks to the absence of dedicated serial ports on today’s laptops and ultrabooks, USB-to-Serial adapters are very popular amongst Cisco engineers as they are used to perform the initial configuratio…