HR IT Dilemma internet access
I have a problem here, My HR Manager has been caught looking at porn sites at work over a period of 4 months, I have a syslog running but their IP was in the allowed address list in content filtering....
View ArticleAny 3Com aces out there? Trying to find unused ports
We have a switch closet with 2 3com 7750 with 5 blades each. These were spec'd/installed/wired well before any of the current staff. All the ports are plugged in but less than half are lit up. We...
View ArticleIdentifying RJ45 Connectors
Is there any way to tell the difference between CAT5 and CAT6 RJ45 connectors. I know if you use connectors that don't match the cable, you have nothing but trouble. I don't know how to tell before I...
View ArticleRunning cable is like a box of chocolates....
In the recent weeks I have been re-cabling some of our cable runs, going from Cat 5 to Cat 6. We occupy 2 floors in a high rise building and I recently discovered half of one floor had Cat 5 [shaking...
View ArticleOne device, two IP's, same MAC address, How to reserve both in DHCP?
Here is the issue, there is a CISCO device(s) (Wireless Access Points) that have two different IP addresses ending in .34 and .35 but both return the same MAC address. How can I reserve both in DHCP?...
View ArticleSwitch - Vlan Config is removed after power outage
Hello, The past few days, we have had two locations go down after a power outage. Once power is restored and the system comes online, our switch is missing a vlan we created. To me, I would assume...
View ArticleCopier and 2 networks
I have an Astaro Firewall v9.006-5. I have ap30 connected with a guest network. 172.16.28.0/24 and a production network 10.0.7.0/24. I have a copier that sits on the 10.0.7.0 network. I am trying to...
View ArticleMy spaghetti wire
I recently took a position as a PC & LAN Admin and now have the task of making things right. This weekend im implementing some cable management where there was none before. Here are the things i...
View ArticleRouting across networks - multiple gateways
The force is not strong with my networking skills so a quick question if I may? When pinging across networks with multiple gateways, does an ICMP Ping need to follow the same route when returned to...
View Articleapache on windows servers. drawbacks?
what are the drawbacks if any running apache on a windows server 2008 machine? does it affect scalability if i choose to run apache instead of iis? thanks needing to be informed.
View ArticlePublishing two IIS webservers, One External IP
This question is similar to one I asked previously, but this time the situation is a bit...
View Article1 to 1 NAT
Ca someone help me understand how and why 1 to 1 NAT is used? I am working with a SMC cable modem on comcast and saw that feature and I have no understanding of it.
View ArticleFile And print sharing on Windows 7 64bit
Hi I have been trouble shooting this problem for 3 days now and thought I would throw it out there to see if any of you can help me. I am trying to setup a shared printer and the computer that has the...
View ArticleHelp with Subnetting a real life environment. PLease
Hey everyone, I need help with something I am not sure if I have done this right. Ok so we have a small network. With Printers, wi-fi, agents, supervisors, and all. To break down the IPs needed I...
View ArticleDoes anyone have experience with Quest Foglight NMS?
I'm looking at the NMS tools under the name Foglight, from Quest which apparently is a new Dell acquisition. I read that it's free for up to 100 devices, but went to the site and only saw mention of a...
View ArticleMultiple Samsung DVR SRD-1652D with FortiGate 300A
Hi, I am trying to setup remote web view for my samsung DVRs. I have already configured static IPs for each DVR in the range of 192.168.1.150-192.168.1.159 ( 10 DVRs in total ) with TCP ports range...
View ArticleAdding network devices
What exactly are you able to do if you add ASA's, switches, and routers to Spiceworks and adding the telnet, ssh, snmp accounts? Does that give you the ability to change login passwords and things, or...
View Article24 Port + 48 Port PoE Switch
Hey, just a quick question. We are going to be updating a clients existing 24 Port PoE switches with some newer, gigabit ones. (They have two offices, both on 24 -Port 100mb PoE Switches). The first...
View ArticleQuestion about subnetting/supernetting
We have 6 offices that are subnetted as so: 172.24.12.0 - Main office 172.24.13.0 - Branch office 1 172.24.14.0 - Branch office 2 172.24.15.0 - Branch office 3 172.24.16.0 - Branch office 4...
View ArticleGateway router recommendations for this client?
This client is having an issue with packet loss and intermittent slow down of internet bandwidth. Here's there current setup. Site 1 - 75 workstations, 4 servers, 15 misc network printers/hardware, 3...
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