Need help with 802.1Q tagged vlans
I am about to delve into a topic I know little on, so forgive my ignorance. For reference purposes, I am working on this since the company I work for is being bought out and this has to be...
View ArticleChoosing an HP 48 port L3 switch with GBIC
I'm trying to use HP's switch selector tool but there's almost too many to choose from. Right now I have an adtran 1638 Layer 3 48-port switch. Normally, I would just buy another one as I already know...
View ArticleInternet going down??
Every night the internet goes down I see all the workstations in logmein and then at around 930 pm there offline including servers. In the morning the users come in reset the (Time warner is ISP T1...
View ArticleHow to quickly block internet access for a specific ip address on our network
As the network administrator at the school I work for, I am running a Windows network domain with 2 Server 2008 domain controllers. Our gateway consists of a Sonicwall NSA 2400 firewall. Using the...
View ArticleDHCP Option 66 - clarification
I need some clarification on DHCP options. I currently use DHCP option 66/67 for the provisioning of our Snom IP Phones. I was looking to implement a FOG server, for imaging. However, it also utilizes...
View ArticleCable Management at the PC
I've finally become honest with myself. I suck at cable management. Not so much in the server room, but and the end user's desk. We have IP phone cables and network cables for PC's and monitor cables...
View ArticleMonitoring a switch on a different network
I need some insight on this situation. I'm redoing the network in the office to separate voice and data. On our router/firewall (Fortigate 200A), port 1 is the data network (192.168.8.0/24) and port 2...
View ArticleNetbios NS flooding network
This morning another sysadmin in the office restarted our two domain controllers then all of a sudden shit hit the fan. Nobody could log in. The people who were logged in had no chance of doing any...
View ArticleInterconnecting HP Procurve
Hi Everyone, I currently have three HP Procure Switches. 2x 251048 and 1x 350048. The command switch is a 251048. I would like to connect the other two switches to this without causing broadcast...
View ArticleSNMP Setup on Network with Spiceworks
SNMP has been for the most part disabled on the network here since I have started. Part of it has been from a security mindset. I would like to enable some snmp so I can get some reporting and data...
View Articlenetwork ip addressing tools
Is there a software tool that provides all the IP addresses on your network in a management console. This would be for a new IT person will little network experience. They would need to be able to...
View ArticleHelp Setting Up DMZ
Hey Spiceworks Community! So, I am pretty new systems administrator and I have a pretty solid understanding of Windows Servers, Server Applications, VMware, etc etc. But I always find myself...
View ArticleEthernet MAC Recording on a large scale.
Hey there, I work for a local school district and as we approach the end of the year we are looking to image the teacher machines. We migrated from SCCM 2007 to 2012 and lost a large number of MACs...
View ArticleNew network switch
So service went down because of the port in the floor got broken by someone.... again. So I ordered a Ubiquiti tough switch POE. So I went to install it and plugin the Cisco phones only to have...
View ArticleSwitch Suggestions
We are a small company growing fast. I am replacing all the cheap little switches. Budget is tight, but i want the best I can get. I am looking at 2 48 port switches, and need to keep the cost down...
View ArticleCost Effectiveness Of Client-Server Model Over Peer-To-Peer
I recently started a new job for a company that is recently expanding They have around 60 computers, and whenever they need a new one they just head to Walmart or Sam's Club and pick one up. Most of...
View ArticleTrackit Asset Discovery seems to miss a lot of computers
I am doing an annual inventory. I have been manually retagging and scanning our pcs and then I upload this into Track-it. Track it runs a network discovery and compares the records and then gets a...
View ArticleDo you schedule reboots of switches and routers?
I've never really thought of it before now, but today we had an incident where the network bombed, and after spending several minutes thinking it was VMware causing the problem (oh ye of little...
View ArticleLooking for a new Firewall
We currently have two Sonicwall NSA240 setup with HA, they preform various tasks in our network, minimal Layer 3 routing, they serve as the DHCP server, as well as the VPN gateway. We currently have a...
View ArticleRUCKUS WIRELESS...Anyon used them?
We're looking at wireless AP with capability of Centralized Management and our service partner have mentioned Ruckus Wireless and almost swears by it. Haven't really heard about this and was wondering...
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