Connect to Devices through Spiceworks via SSH
I am looking at moving away from Foglight NMS (Dell has stopped developing for it) and am looking at Spiceworks. We need Spiceworks to be a solid NMS product, so I am comparing the two. Among other...
View ArticleLegality of managed switch/router setup
In the past our small company has paid someone for a lot of the network setup and maintenance lvl 3 and above. I installed spiceworks over the weekend. Of course it asks me for logins for switches and...
View ArticleHow is SSH reaching my email server?
Hi all, We run an email server behind a firewall using NAT to forward all email traffic through the firewall device to the server. Our MX record on the web shows the web ip address of the firewall....
View ArticleWhats a good VPN Router for 20 tunnels with Dual WAN capability?
I have RV016 Cisco small business, It seems like it doesn't build to last, In 3 years we replace 2 of this unit. One of em have bad port, and one of them just keep freezing up monthly or weekly in an...
View Articlestatic ip addresses for server won't allow internet connection through router
When setting up static IP addresses on client work stations to connect to our file server I could not get a new router to allow internet connections. How should the router be configured to allow...
View ArticleDynamic and static IP address help
Bit of a weird question, but It seems a few machines on our network when connected to dynamic IP and receiving their IP from our DHCP server they get IP conflicts. This only happens to a few machines...
View ArticleAny way to bond 2 3G wireless USB with 2 different 3g modem.
we have 2 USB dongles with 2 different brand 3G modem, both of which offer 3G speeds. Is there a way to use them together with 2 different 3G modem (Draytek and Dovado) help of switch, and used them...
View ArticleMichigan CJIS requiring FIPS compliant connections between buildings? WTF?
Hoping there are other Spiceheads out there working at a Michigan local government to discuss this... We're being told that MSP CJIS is requiring FIPS compliant encryption on any connection between...
View ArticleNew Dell PowerConnect 2848
OK, have some weird issues. We replaced our old "dumb" netgear 10/100 switch with two new Dell PowerConnect 2848 switches. I am now having a number of issues with servers locking up. This is strange...
View ArticleIs it a Router Issue?
I have a small business client that has a fairly small network but its a graphics design company so they use a lot of bandwidth and have a lot of extra devices like printers and scanners. Their...
View ArticleDHCP using small footprint hardware
I am in the process of removing the domain controllers from our area centers, however I want to still use DHCP and superscopes within the office. I have thought of using really small footprint...
View ArticleIssues With HP3800
I have 2 HP 3800 48 port switches witch are giving me issues. The switches will loose all routing capability and console access. Has anyone seen this before? The switches are on firmware version...
View ArticleSAP Capacity Planning
My company is wanting to find other companies that are using SAP 3.1 or at least SAP in general and are using the capacity planning feature of SAP. Does anyone know of any companies that are using...
View Articleip scan
best way to scan your network and see which ip addresses are left and the ip addresses that are taken what are the computer names. anyone use programs for this?
View ArticleIPv6 tunnels between VPS
So I have been researching moving an IPv6 address from 1 VPS I use to another that does not support IPv6. I have been assigned a /64 subnet from my VPS provider (Lets call them Provider1) and both my...
View ArticleQuestions: VOiP Calls Lost, internet down
a user can be on the phone, the call drops, internet down, the PoE phone stayes connected. and within 5-8 seconds everything is back up; not all users / not all on same switch. Network, 3 Dell 3548 48...
View ArticleRouting and Remote Access - Routing Issue
Good Morning fellow Spice heads! I'm going to start this off with, I know what the problem is, I just don't know how to fix it. The problem that I am facing is allowing additional network access a PC...
View ArticleDell PowerConnect switch of doom
Short version: I have a PowerConnect 5224, and when I connect a port to my network, all hell breaks loose. People have DNS problems, they lose connection to the file and SQL servers, backups fail. How...
View ArticleMassive Network Usage
I've seen a couple of days since last Thursday where internet usage at one building has hit 35MB at exactly 8AM (this is before most of are employees are here, some supervisors come in this early, and...
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