Cisco Telephony Providing...

     Cisco Telephony Providing The Very Best In Communications Hardware. Every modern business has come to depend upon up to date information and communication technology hardware within the last couple of decades.        The manner in which businesses operate has noticeably changed due to modern communications having advanced. There are not many aspects of the business world...

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In-depth Analys Of Network Cabling

     ‘Networking’, is a term that is commonly used for PCs and laptops, which have already become essential parts of our daily lives, nowadays. Because of this, it is not unusual to find a computer or laptop in each and every home and office. And in organizations, where numerous computers are already present, a good network topologies system becomes a must to have in place, because it lets the people work impeccably...

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Better network management

     Companies now are looking forward to better network management. Better network management means better and more effective productivity. All problems related to network management are taken care of with great care in all companies.      Companies are looking forward to tools and software which shall you with your network configuration management. T FTP server for network is a new revolution...

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OSI Model to Troubleshoot Networks

       Some of you might be thinking “theoretical models don’t help me” or “the OSI model is just some engineering thing for the nerds”. However, in reality, it is quite the opposite. The OSI model can help you. Let me show you how. Using the OSI model        First off, I want you to have a visual image of the OSI mode. It looks like this: This graphic is courtesy of the Abdus Salam International...

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Voice VLAN QoS Policy

       The following is a basic QoS Policy for a branch office router to prioritize voice traffic . The assumption made is that the voice traffic is marked at source (i.e. ip phones). This is an example of a LLQ (Low Latency Queue) in which voice traffic is placed in a priority queue and all other traffic is placed in a WFQ (Weighted Fair Queue). DMVPN is being used for connectivity back to the main office so we have...

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Network Security

       An enterprise network design must include security measures to mitigate network attacks. Fortunately, with the modularity of the Cisco Enterprise Architecture, you can address security concerns on a module-by-module basis. This section introduces the concept of a security policy, reviews various types of network attacks, discusses the elements of the Cisco Self-Defending Network, and helps you select appropriate...

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Why Move To IPv6?

       I did a post last week titled Are You Ready for IPv6? where I share some of my thoughts on IPv6 and the allocation of the last IPv4 /8 blocks. Since then, I've done some more reading and found a couple of very useful podcasts by Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks. It is where I first heard about v6RD. There are real reasons to move to IPv6. I recall a few statistics and examples from years ago that illustrate the need...

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Why is the Application Slow?

We've all encountered situations where an application is slow and the network gets blamed. I've been having some fun working with our Terry Slattery on consulting work to determine why a specific six applications are slow.  He's come up with some good insights into the applications at this particular site. And we've been talking about some of the reasons why applications might be slow. Yes, it might be the network. It also might be...

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