MPLS alternatives
We have 20ish branches currently connected via MPLS over T1s. Flat out it is expensive and we have had more outages than what is acceptable. Unfortunately this will not happen soon due to contracts but...
View ArticleMedium sized Business router recommendations (replacing Fortiwifi 40c)
Have recently trialed a Fortiwifi 40C for a client. They are a SMB, 20 users, (20 computers/20 VOIP handsets). Replaced existing Airport extreme (all mac environment) , with the 40C. Airport Extreme...
View ArticleRouter Remote Access
HI Guys, I was just wondering what other people out here use to access routers, whether it is Juniper, CISCO, MikroTek or whatever brand it might be. I am looking for a tool that makes it easy to go...
View ArticleBrocade Basic CLI Instructions
I have recently purchased a Brocade FCX624S switch. The problem I have is that as thoroughly as I follow the instructions available on the Brocade website for basic config I just can't get it to work....
View Articletraining videos on network
Hi we have staff that want to run videos purely from hard drive out to other staff across network for training, and my concern is bandwidth and network impact. I have worked with video production in...
View ArticleConnect Amsterdam office to Birmingham office
We are a Birmingham (UK) based company with approx. 4tb of data (of which only 1tb would be live). We have approx. 55 members of staff and have a BT.Net 60meg line. We have SonicWall NSA220 firewall....
View ArticleForward SQL ports on SonicWall
Hi Spiceheads I've got a Sonicwall TZ 240 and trying to forward both sql ports to a server within my network. The thing is that I've got two other sql servers that seemto have the forwarding done...
View ArticleHow do you share safety videos with remote offices?
I am wondering how other offices conduct training with remote offices when there are videos involved? We have a safety training video that needs to be shared with remote offices / employees and i am...
View ArticleHP Procurve vs Dell PowerConnect
Has anyone done a side-by-side comparison of the ProCurve against the PowerConnect web managed switches? We use mostly Dell but I am considering making the change to the ProCurve. Our requirements are...
View ArticleWatchguard VS Cisco setting up two networks
Hi everyone! I came from a Watchguard shop where that is all we used. When setting up a watchguard and we wanted two separate networks we could set Interface 1 as 192.168.0.x, and set Interface 2 as...
View ArticleMysterious Ethernet Jack
We recently bought a new computer for one of our staff and we are trying to connect it to our LAN, however the ethernet port next to where we are placing it is causing issues for us. Here's how the...
View ArticleI need to deploy Wifi for my client, recommendations please?
Hi, so Wifi is not really my area of expertise so I apologize if this is overly basic. My client has a long and narrow office space with a large warehouse in the back, and a little bit of office space...
View ArticleSoftEther for business use? (open source VPN)
Is anyone using SoftEther for their company's VPN? We are trying to find something extremely cost-effective for 25 remote branches. I have thought about using OpenVPN, but not being able to connect...
View ArticleJuniper EX - Broadcast Storms
Does anyone know anything about broadcast storms? We had "something bad" happen twice this week where a Juniper EX4500 (and subsequently most of our network) was brought to its knees by a broadcast...
View ArticleWant to View Switch Config
I want to view the configuration (IP address, name, VLANs, etc.) of a couple switches with unknown IP addresses. For other switches with known IP addresses I used PuTTY to Telnet to them and run some...
View ArticleSubnetting, VLANS or Both?
Our IT department is soon to say Hasta La Vista to a carrier-managed MPLS WAN network and we are ready to do some heavy lifting of our own. Looking for subnetting and other ideas from you Network...
View ArticleYellow exclamation mark??
Have a network of 20 users win 7 pro on a windows 2008r2 domain and I Have serveral yellow exclamation marks showing up on there network adapters in bottom right corner of there windows desktop and...
View ArticleNetworking home lab with crappy comcast modem/wifi router
Hey Guys, So I'm designing a pretty hefty home lab with a few servers and a layer 3 switch. I was going to have an outside Vlan (or a routed interface, havent decided yet) on the same subnet as my ISP...
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