Using Avaya IP Office - wondering if MPLS will be reliable for us?
Greetings Spiceheads!I have finally gotten approval from upper management to move from our Comcast PRI to something a bit more reliable. Here in Houston, that is Time Warner Telecom (not to be confused...
View ArticleThere has to be a better way...
I work for a construction company who has multiple job sites all over the area. Some of our longer projects, over 6 months, usually have internet service provided by the local ISP. The projects that...
View ArticleLocal Admin Password automatically changes to Domain Admin Password after joinin
After I join a computer to the domain using the domain's administrator username and password it automatically changes the local administrator's password to the Domain's administrator password. I have...
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Need Fiber Help
Hi All,I have next to zero experience in working with fiber cabling. I have two suites at opposite ends of a hallway that are connected by fiber. Both suites have a 3Com Superstack 3300 switch with,...
View ArticleConfigure dd-wrt router with private and guest ssid with a DHCP server on LAN
Has anyone successfully setup a dd-wrt wireless router to with 2 ssid's. 1 "private" with access to the local LAN and one "guest" network with access only to the internet? The issue I'm running into...
View ArticleCisco sg300-28p Locked myself out of the web console
I made a dumb mistake. I have basically no experience with Cisco switches. I was trying to enable SSH on a Cisco sg300-28p. I applied an access profile and appear to have locked myself out of the...
View ArticleIs a firewall all you need?
Hey everyone, Having a discussion about the end of Win XP. My boss has no intentions of upgrading or not anytime soon anyways. He just keeps saying we are behind a firewall. So before I argue the...
View Article1 Domain Controller 2 Subnets 2 Physical Locations
Hello Just a quick question on best practice of setting this up. I know the basic way we are going to do this, but want to make sure I get everything in place.I have (2) networks for (1) company...
View ArticleWhat are the Top 10 things to check on network - when in the daily grind?
I'm sure there are plenty of network admins that get lost in the day-to-day grind of user complaints, and the "something's on fire", they start to forget the top 10 things that they should be on top of...
View ArticleCisco or Juniper, RV325 or SSG5
So I'm looking at replacing our Linksys RV082 routers which are getting old and one is getting unreliable (I think it has memory issues). I'd like to replace them with something a little sturdier,...
View ArticleExcessive Network Traffic, Internal DDOS, Complete Network Loss - Recent Lenovos
I had posted some information on the spiceworks forum already about a condition I was seeing at a client but feel that the title which I had originally posted it under may not get the exposure that it...
View ArticleUnix Network Problem
Trying to get a handle on an apparent network problem that only affects unix systems for a specific time period each day. On a network with about 400 nodes I have 3 servers that exhibit network...
View ArticleDC can't ping gateway, but workstation can - HELP!
I can't leave work till I get our $$%&%$* domain controller back online. My workstation can ping our default gateway, but the domain controller can't. I have tried: - power cycling the router (it...
View Articlewrong ping IP address
HiI am using pfsense firewallI set domain under dns forwarderbut why if iping the local domain namefor example ping it.local.com display wrong ip addressping it.local.comPING it.local.com...
View ArticleCan Join Network, but cannot open websites
Hi, I have a couple of computers that can't connect to the internet. Both are running Windows 7 Pro (64-bit). I have already uninstalled the Network Card driver. If I connect using the wireless...
View ArticleSolid vs. Stranded Cable Debate
I was in a local computer store where I overheard a sales person discussing Cat 6 cable runs with a customer. He was telling the customer that he recommends using solid Cat 6 cable for long runs and...
View ArticleAdvice on using 2 Broadband lines on same network
Hi allSlightly unusual request, but I figured that if any group of people would be able to help, it would be the Spiceworks community.In our house we have just upgraded to a BT Broadband domestic FTTC...
View ArticleLDAP and me... so much confusion!
Hello Folks,I hardly wanted to bother you with silly questions like this, but tons of forum postings, how-to's and best practices couldn't help me with the problem I am facing. Perhaps it is to easy...
View ArticleJuniper network session expire for between 30 minutes to 2hr actually our ideal
Juniper network session expire for between 30 minutes to 2hr actually our ideal time is 8 hour and we are using watch guard server.
View ArticlePFSense box and SMTP connector issue
We run a pfsense box that breaks our network up into the LAN and the DMZ, as of this morning emails that are being processed by the antispam system in the DMZ do not seem to be being sent through the...
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