Routing problem or Firewall issue?
I am trying to solve a problem for a client. The issue is that Team Viewer will not connect to teamviewer.com on one of their systems. From that system I can run a trace route and get to the hop just...
View ArticlePuzzling internet reliability issues
I'm the IT manager at a SMB. We've got about 20 servers running our day to day operations through vSphere and 50 workstations throughout our office and production facility. Boxes that require internet...
View ArticleFiber cable management?
I've been given the task of organizing the cables of our network closet here. I have a plan all set out for the Cat 5 that needs to be cleaned up, but not really familiar with cable management of...
View ArticleIncreasing Ip address Scope
Our network is now at the point where we are regularly running out of free IP addresses. We currently use an address range of 172.21.1.0 and have a subnet of 255.255.255.0 I was wondering if its...
View ArticleSwitch behaving like hub.
Hi, Our network is set up in a hub and spoke model with two Cisco Catalyst 6509s acting as cores. One one of the cores I'm seeing a bunch of TCP traffic on the server VLAN hitting all the ports in...
View ArticlePrinter samba PC scan folder connection keeps dying
So, we have this annoying ongoing issue in the office here. We have a BIG printer and it has configured out it several SMB (Samba I assume) destination PC's to scan documents to. You put in the...
View ArticleCan't print when connected to VPN
I have a user in a remote office that is unable to print to a Ricoh C4000. After remote-ing into his computer, I discovered that it will not print when it is connected to the Cisco VPN. I have already...
View ArticleGive access to our network from outside our network?
I have a co-worker who is seeking permission from the owner to be allowed temporary access from her home to our network so she can grab files and work on them. She is a graphic designer so she has a...
View ArticleCellular Out of Band Network
I'm putting together an out of band solution for our branch offices and we're more than likely going the cellular route. TrippLite gave me the list of Sierra modems that are compatible with their...
View ArticlePing times through site-to-site VPN terrible
Hi all, Recently something strange started happening. We have a site-to-site VPN via Cisco ASA (ASA5520 to a ASA5505). Ping times to the outside interface of the remote ASA is good (30-40ms), but if I...
View ArticleCannot access vlan from other half of subnet
I have a vlan 102 that for some reason I cannot access from any ip with a 192.168.0.x ip address. It works perfect if the workstation has a 192.168.1.x IP address. Strange thing is I can ping...
View ArticleFunny video on cloud-based vs. cloud-enabled networking
Co-worker Chris Webber (Intarwebber) and a few other members of the Pertino team put this video together the other day - in-house - explaining the differences between cloud-based and cloud-enabled...
View ArticleVlans??
Okay I am new to the Vlans so this is simple for the majority of you so please be gentle with explanations. I have been googling how to setup vlans and understanding the basics of vlans and I am lost...
View ArticleVirtual Lab Connection Problem!
Hello all, first I like to thank you for your response. I'm trying to set up a virtual lab in my home office and I'm having issues with internet connection from my virtual network. I believe I have...
View ArticleFortiGate UTM & Blocking Facebook
We have Fortigate 3016B device as Company Firewall. UTM Profile was created to block all Web access from specific subnet and AD Group membership. Now, Facebook is Blocked by Fortigate only when using...
View ArticleDHCP tagged in vlan PC tagged in same Vlan not getting an address?
Hi Im trying to get Vlans working on a Netgear GS748TPS Im new to this and might have the concepts completley wrong... i have the default vlan 1 with pc's and a windows dhcp server running nicley. i...
View ArticleCharging / cost for Internet usage
Hello I have a client who has a cyberoam firewall device which is a fairly decent device. I can get reporting on how much data is used between each department so the cost of the diginet lines can be...
View ArticleVPN access
I've recently had to setup a VPN for an IT worker to access our SQL database. Setting up the VPN was fairly straight forward and he can login fine. The problem is as soon as he started development...
View ArticleHow can i reset the password of MSM765zl password
I am not able to access the MSM765zl controller as it is not accepting default password, Is there any way to reset the password.
View ArticleVLAN Start to Finish
I've worked with VLAN's before such as assigning ports on a Cisco Catalyst to the necessary VLAN and making sure the cable runs were right, but never set one up from scratch...can you help me fully...
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