Upgrade Path Suggestions
We currently have a 7-yr old Cisco 2801 router that does routing, VPN, firewall for 150 users. Things that we want to accomplish for the upgrade: 1. Security: firewall / IDS / IPS 2. VPN 3. Redundancy...
View ArticleWorking with Cable providers to classify traffic to the backbone, Is it possible
Right now our company uses a standard Cable provider for our VoIP traffic to a hosted PBX. When we first started, the cable provider that we used was awful at handling the traffic. We saw significant...
View Articlemy new HP Procurve 2610 with dead ports?
i have a 24 port version, and i'm trying to set up an HP switch in my office, that is connected to the office wing's closet switch (which goes back to gateway). I have a successful trunk from the...
View ArticleQuestions about switch stacking
We're looking at upgrading our existing stack of 3Com 4400s and I have a few questions about stacking. -It was my understanding that using stack kits to connect switches had several benefits. One was...
View ArticleNetwork advice for small church network
A few years back I became "the IT guy" for my church after their router died and I replaced it with a spare I had sitting around and fixed a couple other issues. I'm more of a software guy...
View ArticleHow you can line up an IP address with the login
Is there an easy way to see what Ip address corresponds with a login? For instance what login is associated with 192.168.x.x? We have a new firewall policy in place and my boss what wants to know who...
View ArticleHP Procurve 2510 port mirroring across trunk
I have two 2510-48 GbE switches, one on each end of the building, with a 4-port trunk between them. One is in the server room, and the other is at the warehouse end, not convenient to access...
View Articleenable mobile users to vpn ssl from web page
Hello, I would like to enable the network access at the mobile users who works on mac/windows laptops. I prefer not to install any kind of vpn applications, but use a web http/https way. maybe...
View ArticleAAAA records and VPN connections
I have noticed that all our W7 and 2008R2 clients/servers have been registering their AAAA IPv6 records in DNS. We don't use IPv6 on DHCP so I assume these are all link-local addresses. This isn't a...
View ArticleDatacenter Router - Suggestions
Hi Guys, We are moving our 2 servers into a DC in the next month or so. We are purchasing a throughput line of 25mb and have a gigabyte switch in the background. I've been tasked with finding a solid...
View ArticleForce laptop to use company DNS through VPN (bypass ISP's DNS)
Hi All, I have a user who works from home a few days a week, and connects to our network via a L2TP VPN connection. A problem has recently occurred where the laptop is no longer using our DNS servers,...
View ArticleSecond DHCP Scope
I have added the second DHCP scope and activated it. Clients are getting the new scope ip address, but they are not getting on the internet. So for example existing scope is 10.60.6.x and the new...
View ArticleUsers losing connection then reconnection shortly after.
We have about 120 users in our office, It happens for an short moment but a handfull of users (not sure if all or half yet) will lose connection to their software / email etc. It doesn't happen...
View ArticlePoE Injector vs Switch - going the distance
I have one run from MDF to main offices that will exceed the 100-110m that cat5e is limited to. I need to extend the signal and have only two options (one of which is not fiber due to cost): 1. use a...
View ArticleNetwork Documeting
i am looking for a program that might help me document network settings...ie GPO's, Network layout, and so on other than just word. Is there such a program that anyone knows of?
View ArticleGrowing network, need advice on VLANS
Hi Everyone! I work for a small private school. I support about 500 staff and students. I need some networking set-up advice. I've been reading up on VLANS and think I need to implement them. I...
View ArticleSUB-net expansion troubles
Sub net the sub net? expanding IP range please advice Our network is currently working on a 10.0.0.x /24 subnet, all controlled through DHCP, except for the few main servers who have hard-configured...
View ArticleQuick question with changing subnet.
Hi we are currently using subnet mask of 255.255.254.0 with the IP range of 172.16.46.0-172.16.47.255. In the near future we may start running into issues with running out of available address's on...
View ArticleWireless access point and printing problem
I have a remote office with 5 users in it. They all share an HP Laserjet Network printer (M602n). 4 of the users are on laptops and connect to the network via a wireless access point. 1 user is on a...
View ArticleSolidworks ePDM
With recent growth and acquisitions, I have found myself with a dilemma. We now have have 5 locations designing similar products. We have a group at 3 locations using SolidWorks, with a couple of SW...
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