Cisco Grants Strategy Team - Any experience?
Anyone have experience with the Cisco Grants Strategy Team?They look to be focused on education, government and municipalities. What has your experience been and how much of a resource were they for...
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Can anyone recommend a good free ping tool? I need a good way to troubleshoot complaints of the network being slow.
View ArticlepfSense Failover Router
I'm working on setting up an automatic failover for one of our locations and I wanted to bounce it off this group. This location is fed by a line of sight antenna with an MPLS/T1 backup. When this...
View ArticleProblem replacing switch? Need some guidance.
I'm very switch and routing illiterate, so bare with me. I have a 24 Port 3Com SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 SE / 3C17206. It needs to be replaced with a 48 port switch.I have a Netgear ProSafe GS748T 48...
View ArticleSwitch trunk connection dropping every 2 seconds
I have added several Dell Powerconnect 2808 switches to my network for menu boards. They are connected to the network via a 2848. Out of the five, two of them are not connecting steadily. The...
View ArticleApple Devices having a tough time with VLAN changes
We have several VLANs tagged to our wireless network. Our APs assign each device to the appropriate vlan after finding the device in our NAC servers database. When a device initially connects to our...
View ArticleBandwidth Management
Are there any decently priced products out there that would allow me management bandwidth? What I would like is a switch that could allow me to management bandwidth per port. I would like to be able...
View ArticleNeed some network guru to troubleshoot a layer 2 switch.
I have a layer 3 switch (10.0.0.250) and one of the port is trunk port to another layer 2 switch with IP address 10.0.5.251. From the layer 3 switch I can ping 10.0.5.251 without any issue. From the...
View ArticleHow often does your internet connection slow down drastically?
We have a 100 Mb connection at this office and I usually see 70-80 Mbps showing on speedtest.net or speakeasy.net.Yesterday and today the speed tests dropped to from 9 to 20 Mbps. We are a school...
View ArticleWatchguard XTM515 firebox stopping access to internal website?
Hey Everyone,I have a site that is running on windows server 2008, the site has been running just fine, accessible by people from the outside with no issue... On friday (Last friday) I started to get...
View ArticleEasy to use file share for schools
Team;I'm looking for a file sharing application I can setup for school age children and teachers. Basically it needs to be simple enough for grades 1-6 to log into/use, and each class can be managed by...
View ArticleCreating two networks from one
I currently have a system set up of ISP Modem>firewall>switchesI would like to essentially create an admin network where the regular public network would be filtered and the admin network would...
View ArticleSuggestions for networking education materials?
Dear Spiceheads,I need to learn about networking, at least to the extent where I would be able to pass the Network+ exam. I have a few good books, but I'm looking for something with some labs/hands-on...
View ArticleTwo NICS, Have 2 Static IPs
Hi Folks, I am a NUB, but have somewhat of a clue. I am looking to use my desktop at home to host a Web Server and also a Game Server (source games). The Web Server really has nothing to do with...
View Article4 DSL Modems, 1VPN and Internet
HelloCurrently I have 4 DSL modems. Each has 25/2 connection.I have a VPN tunnel that runs from one city to another through Sonicwalls (TZ-210 on the side where the DSL is, and NSA-220 on the other...
View ArticleSmall Business Network Setup
I've setup bigger networks in the past with bigger budgets, but I'm having trouble figuring out what to do for a small business of 3 employees. The network needs to support the following:Wireless AP...
View ArticleVLAN Problem using HP procurve 1910
Hi everyone!It's my first time using a HP procurve 1910 managed Switch.And im using it with an opensource firewall. My network set up is this..Firewall(192.168.1.1/22)On my HP 1910 8GDefault VLAN - 1...
View ArticleProblem on VLANs Configured as WAN PORTS
Im having problem with my VLAN that I configured as a WAN port. When I plug in MY ISP modem to my HP Switch after it goes ONLINE on my pfsense dashboard. I lose Internet connectivity all together. Can...
View ArticleHow reliable are "Speed Test" web sites? Your thoughts.
Yesterday I was asked to "check the speed" of an Internet connection at someone's home.I ran a speed check from three different websites, (from the same PC) using the same same "test to" location and...
View ArticleSwitch Issue??
Have Netgear JGS524 GB managed switch. Running a small network of 9 user 1 server and a 1 TS...How do i find the ip of the switch so I can log into it?
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