Help w/ VLAN Setup Please
I am trying to create two separate wireless networks, one for the public and one for our staff. The public users need to be counted by an Untangle server and will need to be on their own network...
View ArticleASA5505 to linksys router
Hello friends, can you please answer me some questions that have burned my head these days 1.Can i connect ASA5505 to a WRT54GL router in a VPN tunnel so that the WRT54GL is the endpoint that connects...
View ArticleDisconnect from Domain without a password?
I have purchased computers from a liquidation and the computer is still attached to the domain. I don't have the administrative password. what can I do? Do I have to clear everything and reload all my...
View ArticleNetwork problems
Ok I have recently moved out my old office where i was able to see all the printers on the network. Now I'm only able to see the main printer and i have checked on the network from my new office and...
View Article2 Jacks, 1 Cable
I know this isn't ideal, but has anyone ever put two jacks on one Cat5e/Cat6 run, I know they will only be100mbs which doesn't bother me. It's not exactly spec either. Problem is I have 4 computers at...
View ArticleIncoming IP and bandwidth monitoring.
I am researching on behalf of a medium size backup company with 12 servers. Weekly we have thousands of customers connecting to our data centre and uploading their data. However we now need to know...
View ArticleNewly built XP computers have problems accessing the Internet
Recently I built some several new computers for an office. They have to run Windows XP because of legacy 16 bit software that is necessary for their business. The computers all ran fine at my office...
View ArticleHelp with my Hyper-V Failover Cluster Network?
Hi All, I do a lot of things, but being a network routing expert isn't one of them and I need some help w/how to configure my first Hyper-V Failover Cluster network. Here's my exact setup and what I'm...
View ArticleNew ISP, DNS not responding
Just changed our ISP from DSL to 50mbps cable. Also bought a new firewall to handle the faster connection (previous could not do over 10mbps). All configured well. My desktop is online and so is my...
View ArticleUpgraded server from 2003 to 2012 but SMB Scanning not working
Hey Everyone, I just completed a server upgrade from a server 2003 to server 2012 box. It's just a basic file server with some shared folders setup. One of the folders is a 'Scans' folder. A domain...
View ArticleGreat balls of cable: The danger of "we’ll do it right later"
This is the 235th article in the Spotlight on IT series. If you'd be interested in writing an article on the subject of backup, security, storage, virtualization, mobile, networking, wireless, cloud...
View ArticleUplinks between HP ProCurve 2910al-48G and Cisco 2960S-48FPS-L
I need some assistance please in connecting uplinks between an HP procurve 2910 and Cisco 2960. From what I can tell the HP procurve 2910 has miniGBIC uplink ports and the Cisco 2960 has SFP+ uplink...
View ArticleIPSec through double NAT
A coworker says you shouldn't do an IPSec VPN tunnel over double NAT, because IPSec was not designed to work with NAT, but when I tried it by putting an ASA behind my home ISP router, it works fine to...
View ArticleWhat to do with a massive amount of fiber optic cables...
Hey guys, We have a boatload of fiber optic cables in boxes because of an order mis-ship. The vendor said to just keep them. The thing is, what could you do with a bunch of fiber optic cables?
View ArticleDell Powerconnect 6248 stack to Cisco
I currently have a stack of three powerconnect 6248 switches in a corporate network. The Core switch in this location is a Cisco 3650G. Our network design is such that we need to use the Cisco...
View ArticleFeedback regarding Etherwan Switches (EX17242)
Have any of you used Etherwan Switches (EX17242 series). My camera security vendor uses those switches to power POE cameras. The price quoted seemed pretty high when I compare it to Cisco SG series or...
View ArticleHow can I map a network share after a successful client VPN connection?
Good-day, I have been recently tasked with providing VPN functionality for some "road-warriors" at my workplace. I have chosen OpenVPN as my VPN server and have successfully deployed and tested several...
View Articlehow to disable administrator in order to disable proxy server in LAN settings?
Hello community. Can anyone explain to me how I can cancel the administrator (one I never set) and later deselect the proxy settings in the LAN settings, in order to get connection to the internet?
View ArticleURL redirect via Proxy Server
Hi, My organization we have a internet connection it comes from firewall. I have a issue with some URL's are not working on my static IP. But same URL's working with Nated another static IP machine....
View ArticleADSL filters and broadband reliability
Hi, I'm having issues with my Sky Broadband connection at home, sometimes the connection is fast, othertimes it's dog slow and it can't even load pages on Facebook. I've spoken to my housemates, and...
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