ZyXEL 1910-24HP Issues
I have a client who recently bought 24 port managed switch, it's connected to a router, had a few poe cams on it, apple tv and a couple of other bits, say 10 connections in total.Since installing this...
View ArticleArchitecting VPN with Mobile and Desktop App
Hello there!I would like to build a virtual private network (VPN) that my clients can access using both a mobile and desktop application. Each client would also have an online account, on my...
View ArticleFibre numpty needs help
I know nothing at all about fibre.We are a two building office (adjoined back to back) and I have my server room in building 1 with two network switches serving the servers and a patch panel for the...
View ArticleHow to Monitor Multiple Switches with a 2-Port IDS ???
Okay so my dilemma... we have two ProCurve 2810-24G switches, two ProCurve 4208vl switches, and one 5406zl switch.The two 2810-24G switches have a trunk between them using LACP and the two 4208vl...
View ArticleHow to set up 2 seperate VLAN on one switch (HP v1910-48G switch)
I need some advice on how to set up 2 VLAN(on one switch, I have HP v1910-48G switch) that seperate broadcast domain and also share a single internet connection. Whilst remaining seperate so that the...
View ArticleNetwork Drop Off
Hi All, This is a strange one and i dont know where to start, I have inherited a network which consists of about 70 switches every few weeks we seem to get a drop out where all the ip phones go offline...
View ArticleGetting ready to take my Network+ exam. Any advice?
So, I'm about ready to take the plunge into Network+ certification. I've done the books and hopefully enough experience that I "feel" I'm ready, but if any of you that have gone before me had any...
View ArticleTwo IP addresses on a VM Host
I set up my Virtual Machine on Hyper-V using IP 10.10.80.104. The host machine has two NICs. I configured the VM to use NIC1 and then plugged a patch cable from NIC1 to the switch. NIC2 also has a...
View ArticlePort Usage
This is sort of a networking question and a Spiceworks question...I'm using ports 9675 and 9676 for Spiceworks because when I was installing it I'm pretty sure that I was prompted that 80 and 443 were...
View ArticleJuniper vs Force10
Hello,Does anyone have a recommended reference for comparing Dell's Force10 line to Juniper?We are refreshing an 8 year old network of brocade switches. Best vendor quotes came back with Dell Force10...
View ArticleUsing GBIC to connect two switches
We are looking at purchasing a new PoE Gigabit switch. They will be right next to each other in the server closet. My question is, would there be any benefit to using the GBIC ports and using fiber...
View ArticleCost Effective Access Layer Switches
So I'm looking for some cost effective 48 port access layer switches for desktops, printers, IP phones, etc. I don't see any need for a bunch of layer 3 functionality here.The Cisco 2960s seem very...
View ArticleInternally hosted site resolves external ip but times out
Hi everyone,We host our website internally. From outside our network, we can see the site fine. However, internally, when navigating to the site, my browser times out. I've flushed the DNS cache on our...
View ArticleWDS PXE Boot
I'm trying to have my workstation pxe boot to my WDS server. It's a separate server than my DHCP server. I even tried adding option 66 and 67, added both the dhcp and wds server ips to my Cisco IP...
View ArticleA Maxed Uplink Drastically Slows Downlink & Pings?
I have a 20 Mbit downlink and 2 Mbit uplink for internet. I would like to do a task that will max out the upload rate of 2 Mbit, in this case allow our backup server to run it's backup to the cloud...
View ArticleHow to build wired+wireless network for an office/venue space?
Looking for some advice on how to build out a proper network for a co-working office/venue space. I'm a university student looking into this on a voluntary basis, please excuse any ignorance. Right...
View ArticleUTM Deployment Help
I work for a small company and I finally convinced my boss to invest on an UTM after receiving multiple notice from our ISP on illegal downloads. We are set to purchase Sophos UTM. I'm relatively new...
View ArticleDo i need VLAN in my firewall with Cisco switch access ports untagged
Hi everyone,I'm not so good with VLANs and now I need to connect my Sonicwall NSA 2400 firewall to Cisco switch with these settings:ISP Internet Connection connected from Juniper router to Cisco port...
View ArticleFortinet Reporting
Need to create a Dataset on our Fortianalyzer that will help me generate a report that shows a specific users browsing history. Basically, every site that a user I specify has gone to, within the time...
View ArticleIcon shows I don't have internet connection but I do?
After my last restart (I couldn't print to PDF after restarting various services) I noticed my internet adapter/connection icon on my task bar shows that I'm disconnected from the...
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