Dedicated vs shared - internet access for new small office that hosts web app
Hello all,I've been tasked with getting a new office up and running. Other than a building, which they just bought, they don't have anything else in place so we'll be starting from practically the...
View ArticleHelp on office network
Hi everyone I just got a job in an office as the IT the guy. Though i dont have any extensive training in IT, i just have basic knowledge and flair to learn more. I was given a task of restricting...
View ArticleMultiple links between switches - Different bandwidths?
We have a fiber connection between our main building and our office building (same property) connected by a media converter at each end.It is a 6-pair fiber and I have two extra media converters. Can I...
View ArticleOne firewall for many networks
We're embarking on a new cloud initiative. What I want to do is setup 1 firewall and have many V-LANS behind it. An example would be public IP of say 25.21.23.24 (obviously I'm making up a pretend one...
View ArticleSwitched to OpenDNS and suddenly inundated with SPAM. Coincidence?
I had been hearing through several sources that OpenDNS was a great service; however, we made the switch and within in an hour we were flooded with SPAM throughout the network.Anyone had a similar...
View Articleiftop, ProCurve 3500yl, and vlans
I've set up iftop for the purpose of seeing all data moving in and out of my network and the internet, but I'm not sure it is. I think it is only seeing traffic on my default vlan (1). Looking to learn...
View ArticleNetwork quality analysis
I need to test one or two nodes on my network that seem to have trouble with intermittent disconnects to network resources, or just sluggish internet response times.Is there a tool out there that I can...
View ArticleServer regularly losing connectivity?
For the past 5 months we have been having a strange issue on our new server (less than a year old). The server in question is running SBS 2011 and acts as our DC. The issue: Every so often the server...
View ArticleNew Router, Setting up NAT for Exchange 2007 & Spamfilter
I recently deployed a full mesh Cisco Meraki network which replaced really old networking equipment and a 6yr old ASA5505 router. Anyway, the only drawback to to having the Cisco Meraki MX100 is the...
View ArticleDomain.local 2 (Unauthenticated)
Ok I have this issue and I have searched google and looked all over to find this issue, but cant seem to find the answer. I have taken the computer off the domain and re-entered it, I deleted the AD...
View ArticleFortigate - Caching - Sites not loading correctly
We use a fortigate as our web proxy. Our homepage www.crisis.org.uk is not displaying correctly internally (externally fine). There's a few RSS feeds and buttons not working. If we turn the webproxy...
View Articlestateful packet filtering - SPI
hi all, when i want to add a firewall rule to allow a network to pass through it to talk to the internet are they called SPI firewalls?rob
View ArticleUnable to ping by name across VPN
Server 2008R2. I am able to ping computers by name on the same subnet, but not other subnets. Resolving computer names with "ping -a IP_Address" returns the remote computer names fine. I can ping...
View ArticleSonicWALL firewall alternative with good support
I have primarily used SonicWALL for the past 7 years at different companies. I like the UI but their support is terrible and has been for a long time. We have multiple locations and high availability...
View ArticleTightVNC Help!!!!
I am relatively new at this job. The guy that was here before me had TightVNC installed on every machine in the company, so that he could remote in without having to use the built in RDP. This is...
View ArticleCentOS 6.5 DMZ Single NIC All-in-One Solution
Hello Spicers,Setup:- DMZ CentOS 6.5 Server with 1.1.1.1 IP on eth0Wish to:- Turn into an entire virtual network (with KVM) & VLAN routing.Thoughts on configuration?
View ArticleHow Do You Measure IT Success?
Check out our blog: IT Hold More Business Influence Than They Realize and let us know how your company measures IT success.
View ArticleAccessing my Brocade Switch
I have a Brocade SilkWorm 200E Fibre Channel Switch that I need to get into. It was set up by Dell 5 years ago and I don't know the password to get into it. Is there a way to get around/bypass/change...
View ArticleStatic addressing subnet usage?
Trying to find an easy way to see what IP addresses are being used/aren't used on my subnets. For some reason there is no DHCP here so everything is statically assigned. DNS gives me a start but im...
View ArticlePrinters across the wan.
I have some POS printers that fall off line across a 15 mb fibre wan link. One other issue we resolved with rewriting the session timer to 4 hours. This solution did not resolve the issue with the...
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