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Netflow

Netflow vs SNMP. Two Different Approaches to Netw…

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and Netflow are both popular protocols with admins, prized for their ability to give visibility over the network and in some cases discern the cause of netwo…

Windows Servers

New Upcoming Features in Hyper-V vNext - Free Tr…

With the release of Hyper-V vNext just around the corner, Altaro has organized a Free webinar that will take you right into the new Hyper-V vNext release. Microsoft Hyper-V MVP, Aidan Finn and Micros…

Network Cabling

CAT5, CAT5e, CAT6 UTP X-Over / Cross-over Cable

The cross-over (or crossover) CAT5 UTP cable has to be one of the most used cables after the classic straight-thru cable. The cross-over cable allows us to connect two computers without needing a hub…

Windows Servers

Creating a Virtual Machine in Windows Hyper-V. Co…

Our previous articles covered basic concepts of Virtualization along with the installation and monitoring of Windows 2012 Hyper-V. This article takes the next step, which is the installation of a gue…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

Early Ethernet Collisions

In this example, we will refer to an imaginary Ethernet network consisting of Stations A and B and any number of other stations. The status of the network is such that the wire is idle (nobody is tal…

Network Protocols

Trivial File Transport Protocol - TFTP

TFTP is a file transport protocol and its name suggests it's something close to the FTP protocol (File Transfer Protocol), which is true .. to a degree. TFTP isn't very popular because it's not reall…

Linux - Unix

Linux CentOS - Redhat EL Installation on HP Smart…

This article was written thanks to our recent encounter of a HP DL120 G7 rack mount server equipped with a HP Smart Array B110i SATA Raid controller, needed to be installed with the Linux CentOS 6.0…

Windows Servers

Introduction to Windows DNS – The Importance of D…

The Domain Name System (DNS) is perhaps one of the most important services for Active Directory. DNS provides name resolution services for Active Directory, resolving hostnames, URLs and Fully Qualif…

Cisco Routers

Cisco VPN Client Configuration - Setup for IOS Ro…

Remote VPN access is an extremely popular service amongst Cisco routers and ASA Firewalls. The flexibility of having remote access to our corporate network and its resources literally from anywhere i…

SASE & SD-WAN Networks

The Most Common Worst Networking Practices and Ho…

In the rush to keep pace with the many challenges facing today’s organizations, all too often networking teams end up adopting practices and processes that are, shall we say, less than perfect. You p…

Network Protocols

Understanding VPN IPSec Tunnel Mode and IPSec Tra…

IPSec’s protocol objective is to provide security services for IP packets such as encrypting sensitive data, authentication, protection against replay and data confidentiality. As outlined in our IP…

Cisco Services & Technologies

Unified Communications Components - Understanding…

What Is Unified Communications (UC)? Unified communications is a very popular term these days and we see it appearing on almost every vendor as they rename their platforms and products to incl…