Small Office SSL VPN
Our satelitte office which already has a site to site VPN for connectivity to the main branch is requesting an SSL VPN connection (they are using Windows Server VPN currently). They want a VPN like...
View ArticleVOIP DHCP reservation and failed incoming calls
Strange occurrence. We have some 50 Yealink T20p phones provisioned on a hosted VoIP platform. The phones are allocated IP addresses by our DHCP Server through a MAC reservation. In the last few days...
View ArticleGetting switched for manageability
I currently have in place JGS524 Netgear ProSafe 24port Gigabit switches. Total of 5 between 3 sites. I use TZ-215 sonicwalls at each site. I'm moving the whole network around so I have a few...
View Articleinternet getting disconnected once in a week and i do powercycle?
In my office and also in my last company, internet used to disconnect once a week or twice a week. At that time I'll power cycle the modem or the media converter and the internet will be back again....
View ArticleSplash Screen w/ Cisco Router and Mikrotik RB450g
Ok so this is stumpin' us here. We've got internet coming in to a Cisco 1941 Router with an 8 port switch installed. The access points will hang off the 8 ports. The Cisco is going to be the device...
View ArticleQOS: Standard DSCP/COS markings, Queue buffers, Queue Thresholds, and Placments?
I would really appreciate some functional tempates for some of this. I understand all the commands, but dont really know why I would put something 'here as opposed to there.' I have to put some qos...
View ArticleVLAN problems draytek
Hello everyone, Im trying to make the following situation work, but i cant figure out how. I keep getting the same ip address from all access ports on draytek2. Using the draytek vigor 2850n Can...
View ArticleHP Switches - How to setup VLANS and tag / untag ports
Hi We are attempting to setup a BYOD network in our school. I have never VLANED before and can't seem to get my head around it. We have no current VLANS and just want to VLAN off the traffic on a...
View ArticleExternal website URL monitoring recommendation
Can anyone recommend any software which can monitor external websites i.e. uptime/downtime,alerts notifications, reporting etc. We will need the software to be able to monitor the websites from...
View ArticleMonitoring network traffic
Hi, I noticed that my network is transmitting huge amounts of data. Ratio of sent vs received files is about 3:1. It looks fishy and I need some easy way to track which machines are using the network...
View Articlenetwork connection lost after VPN connection
If I stay connect via VPN to another network - using Sonicwalls - when I disconect, I loose all local network connection. I've tried resetting winsock and the tcp ip stack, release/renew ipconfig,...
View ArticleHigh ping in hardware VPN Site-to-site
I do have a hardware VPN using the Dell Sonicwall NSA 3500 on the server side and DLink Dsr 250n on the client side. If I do disconnect the VPN, i can ping the router(Dell Sonicwall NSA 3500) and the...
View ArticleCisco SG300 series and Multicast
Hi everyone, I was wondering if someone had experience in configuring the SG300 series switches with multicast and how to configure it? I will explain the layout SG300-10 - Layer 3 Ports 1-4 = Lag 1...
View ArticleNetwork Device Inventory
Hi Everyone, I just started a new job and one of the first things I am trying to do is create an inventory of all the devices on the network. The office is running VOIP and the computers are networked...
View ArticleFailed DC wrecking havoc.
Hi all, To keep it simple, I had a DC fail at one of 4 locations within an organization. There were 4 DCs (3GCs 1 DC) in the network, all working together through a VPN configuration. The problem I am...
View ArticleIPv6 and ISP address assignment question
I apologize if there is an easy answer and I'm just missing it, but I can't seem to figure this out:Right now, your ISP gives you one (or more) IPv4 address(es) that your router uses on the WAN side...
View ArticleSonicwall TZ200 NAT a private IP to an external Public IP
Hello, I'm having an issue setting up a NAT policy with a SonicWall TZ200 Enhanced 5.8. What I'm trying to do is forward all traffic going to a lan ip (172.29.192.32) to an external Public IP...
View ArticlePeplink Load Balancer
We have encountered a failover problem with out Peplink Load Balancer. The problem occurs when there is no electricity, everything went down. But, after the electricity will be restored, ISP 1 cannot...
View ArticleRecommendation for an 8 port managed layer 2 POE switch?
I'm about to do an upgrade. We have 6 branch offices that have AVAYA phones hanging off Cisco 1812 routers VPN'd back to the central site. The 1800's have an 8 port switch built in with no POE so...
View ArticleNetwork Monitoring Software / Solutions
Hello I am working on my Cisco CCNA & CCIE Certifications and a Master of Science in IT Management. I have a project where I am trying to monitor a small Wi-Fi network with five (5) Access Points...
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