When PoE is in play, do you use un-managed, "Smart" or managed switches?
What kinds of switches do you usually deploy for situations that require PoE? For those who use unmanaged switches, we're interested in sharing info about the functionality available in Smart PoE...
View ArticleHP GBIC - Which One?
I have an HP v1910-24G that I need to put a GBIC in for a fiber connection to another building ~220M away from it. The building that the fiber ends at will also probably have a HP v1910-16G switch....
View ArticleLooking for SFTP auto download/upload software - Any suggestions?
Hello Everybody, We are working on an integration of an online eCommerce platform with our ERP system. The order info would be placed in our partner's SFTP folder for us to download. We in turn would...
View ArticleNetworking Issue
I have a client with 1 server and 30 workstations. We want to add a IP KVM for the server a model aten KN 1000. The KN 1000 is setup and working local and has a LAN IP setup already. Clients LAN is...
View ArticleDell PowerConnect 8024: how to make a port act like a router?
Hi there, We're currently using Cisco Catalyst 3750X as our main switch. We've configured one of the ports to act like a normal router using the following command:no switchport ip address...
View ArticleSwitch port's bandwidth usage is traffic critical
Hi Spiceworks I have installed nagios and configured some switch for all our departments with ping, Port x bandwidth usage, Port x Link Status, and uptime. 3 of our switches in the same department is...
View ArticleWhat's a good software to monitor my office networks internet usage?
I just got a new job as a IT Technician and my boss wants to be able to check which computers are using the most bandwidth and which sites. Could anyone suggest a software for this? And it would be...
View Articlehow can i accees Domain from another netwrok to adding user
we have side office on another project i want to add user from site office to head office . we don't have any wan connection on side office. my plan is to use any private network from local service...
View ArticleCisco 2960 Port Blinking Amber - Warehouse Switch is Down
All of my warehouse wireless WAP's are down, the main line that feeds the warehouse switch from my Cisco 2960 is blinking Amber,,,, I have no idea what is causing this? Here is the sh int from port...
View ArticleBandwidth/Traffic Shapping for a 500Mbps Link
Does anyone know of a good product that can do bandwidth management and/or traffic shaping on a 500Mbps WAN Link?
View ArticleServer with two network cards and two gateways
Hi Everyone, I am configuring a server that has a 3rd party mortgage application called Calyx. This machine is connected to the DMZ of our network and has a totally separate IP scheme and gateway....
View ArticleUsers with their own laptops on network
How do you guys handle computers/laptops that users bring in from home? Do you add a separate domain profiles on their computers to separate the info/apps?
View ArticleWired and Wireless Connection but No Internet? NEED HELP :/
I have an executive that can in this morning and could not get connected to the internet. The networks are all known to be working. The wireless and wired connections on his laptop would "Connect"...
View ArticleRecommended router for my SMB customers
I've tested few brands but cannot test everything, I'd like to have the community input on what is best router option out there I can use for my SMB customers.
View Articlepublic ip
Hi sorry for this amateur question. I have one internet connection.I want to connect to a server twice.but server rejects same ip address. any way to solve this problem.I don't want to buy another...
View ArticleExternal IP to all computers
Hello, I am probably missing one word that is preventing Google from giving me the results I want. I wanted to get more information in having giving each computer an IP that was both its wan and lan....
View ArticleI want to use VLAN's but I have no clue :-(
G'day :-) SOHO situation. I have around 10 devices in my LAN. Some Synology servers, desktops, laptops, and HTPC's. I have just ordered a wireless access point, and since wireless might mean risk (I...
View ArticleRemote access/USB on different IP range
Ok, this may take a little whilte to explain so please bear with me! In my school, I have an office computer that needs access to our door security system, which is on another VLAN. There is a USB...
View ArticleLocal Network experiencing sporadic delays and drops
I have 2 physical subnets at one location. Both of the subnets was recently reconfigured so that all ports are ("switch mode trunk") and they have a native vlan defined ("switch trunk native vlan xx")...
View ArticleCannot Establish WAN Connection
We have a set of bonded T1's which are only used as a failover in the event that our fiber connection goes down. Occasionally, we'll use these T1's as a test environment when configuring network...
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