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Networking Cisco: adding 3750 Switch to existing Stack
Can any one advise about what will happen to my existing switch stack when adding an additional slave switch?
I'm trying to confirm whether this will cause a temporary outage to my network or will ...
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Is it possible to assign a VLAN to an alias of network interface in pfsense?
My goal is to build a redundant pfSense cluster (as described in this article : http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Configuring_pfSense_Hardware_Redundancy_(CARP)
The problem is that i only have 2 ...
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Notification when hostile device in network (port security)
I was wondering if there was a way, that whenever a hostile device (unknown device, like a wireless router a personel member brings to the office) this would be notified to a central system with the ...
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Multiple ethernet interfaces without PCI LAN cards
I want to have multiple Ethernet ports on my Ubuntu server 10.04. As multi port LAN PCI card are expensive, I am planning to use a cheap managed switch. The cheapest one I found was Netgear GS108T. ...
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HP ProCurve & Cisco switches interoperability
I have a couple of questions regarding Cisco and HP ProCurve interoperability. Here's a link to pdf with my network topology. Can someone help me with basic VLAN configuration in such topology? Below ...
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Firewall with layer 3 switch or without it?
I am trying to make a simple network architecture for a small company.
One of the sites is built of a firewall (to create a DMZ, to make the VPN between the sites) and three switches, like in link ...
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LAN segregation for security reasons using VLAN
I was asked to segregate the testing environment in our network to improve our security.
Our structure includes:
1 switch Dell Power Connect 3448
1 switch Dell Power Connect 2748
A few 5 ports Star ...
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Vlan Management Policy Server ( VMPS) Configuration and Management
I am trying to design a topology in which I need to use VMPS and unfortunately the resources are rather few on the internet.
Based on this Configuration document
VMPS
I have created a sample ...
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How can I provision/control bandwidth allocated to devices on the LAN?
We're going to have an ISP turn up a 100 mbit circuit at our office building (multiple floors, multiple offices). We need to control how much bandwidth is allocated to/used devices on the LAN. For ...
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cisco 3825 to 3825 routing question
I have 2 cisco 3825 routers connected to two cisco 3560 switches. One is currently our main router with 3 /22 public addresses and the usual slew of rfc1918 address space routed around for internal ...
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What would cause SIP traffic to be seen going into a switch but not coming out?
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I have been struggling to get my SIP phones to register behind a brand new router and switch in our brand new office. Our PBX is hosted offsite. I have worked with our provider to attempt ...
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Link Aggregation between DELL PC2724 and Cisco Catalyst 3750
I'm trying to configure Link Aggregation between my two switches, on the DELL switch, there is only an option to include a port in a "LAG Group." On the Cisco's I've tried creating an EtherChannel ...
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Layer 2 and Layer 3 switch migration
I just started a new gig and am trying to pick up our networking infrastructure as quickly as possible. We have 8 fiber runs located throughout the building in different parts. All the local devices ...
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Can ISPs block IP addresses? How feasible is this?
as far as i know, most of the time ISPs change the IP address-URL association in their DNS servers, so the URL is redirected to a page which displays the user a "this site is blocked" page. if an ISP ...
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Mixing SAN iSCSI Traffic with core network traffic, Am I asking for trouble?
I am configuring a new network and had a couple questions I am finding hard to find good answers about best practices on using VLANs to separate Core network traffic and iSCSI traffic.
The switches ...
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Some clients cannot reach DHCP server
For the office we recently bought a WNDR3700 (v1) to accomodate our growing (from one wired and about four wireless to four wired and about eight wireless clients, so not really large) network. We ...
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How network devices affect TTL
When I do a ping, I can see the TTL value for each packet. For every router that I insert in between my computer and the router that connects to the internet, the TTL value goes down by one. However, ...
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iptables packetfilter on virtual bridge
I'd like to filter packets passing through a virtual bridge on a Fedora Linux machine. I've enabled the following sysctl options as described in multiple guides:
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = ...
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protocol based switching / routing?
I have run into a snag with a network design project I'm working on. Our internal network is 192.168.1.x. We have two gateways out of our network, #1 is .20 and #2 is .52. Normally you could pick and ...
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Switch with 48 port all PoE [closed]
We are looking for a 48 port PoE switch.
My budget is around $1200. Is there any switch that is reliable for that price range?
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Auto switching between wired and wireless connections
How about this situation. Our business deals a lot with medical information. And some of our clients have demands based off HIPPA, etc.
There is one now where they do not want an employee to have both ...
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Switching Example Problem
I'm studying for an exam and I'm going over review problems my professor has given me.
I'm having trouble understanding Switching. Can someone explain to me how to do the following switching problem?
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Max STP instances reached on Cisco 2950 despite not actively using 64
I have a Cisco 5505 switch running CatOS connected to a number of Cisco 2950 switches running IOS. The 5505 switch supports a large number of vlans (I'm guessing 1005), yet the 2950s only support a ...
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Connecting office to data center via Metro-ethernet
I am installing a metro ethernet link from my office to my data center. The office will have a cisco 3750 with several vlans. The data center end will have a more complicated set up. The metro e from ...
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Layer 2 segmentation and network diameter
I am studying for my CCNA. The book makes a statement that I do not completely understand:
"Layer 2 segmentation at the distribution layer practically eliminates network diameter as an issue."
I'm ...
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Tool to trace mac address back to a switch port
To make a long story short, I have some newer off-brand switches in just a few locations. The main feature I'm missing on these switches vs our nicer (but old) 3Com equipment is the ability to trace ...
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How do VLANs work?
What are VLANs? What problems do they solve?
I'm helping a friend learn basic networking, as he's just become the sole sysadmin at a small company. I've been pointing him at various questions/answers ...
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Moving MODx Files to Other MODx Website
I have one website with modx installed to www.website.com/modx/ --- Keep in mind there are other Websites In Progress on this storage server. My issue is that I'm moving all this: templates, template ...
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Autonegotiate errors between HP and Cisco hardware?
This is a bit of a specific extension to this question.
I've got two ASA's that feed into a Procurve switch, and then into an IPS. All is well except that the procurve absolutely refuses to ...
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Windows Desktop Randomly Switches Resolution
Once per log in a specific account, Windows XP is switching to 800x600 and 8 (looks like) bit color. It then after a few seconds switches back to the regular settings.
This, so far, has only ...
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Network wiring template for Visio
Anyone come across a good template/symbol pack for Visio for doing network wiring, patching, switch topologies, etc.? Everything in Visio for networking is 3D, and isn't really conducive to cabling.
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Hubs/switches taking out switches?
Here's the issue...we have a network with a lot of Cisco switches.
Someone plugged in a hub on the network, and then we started seeing "weird" behavior; errors in communication between clients and ...
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Simplicity vs Redundancy
Assume you are tasked with running a set of mission critical web services with a targeted up time of 99.5%
To achieve this, you have two identical clusters of hardware in two entirely separate data ...
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Are there any statistics on the number of networks using Ethernet Jumbo frames?
I am often told by Sales Engineers and Product managers that a Layer 2 Ethernet service is not fit for purpose if the maximum supported frame size is in the 1518-1522 range (enough to support standard ...
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Basic Cisco Switch Recommendation For HSRP WAN Redundancy [closed]
I am going to have to use HSRP for WAN failover with my two routers since a routing protocol is not being offered. In order to make sure my active router doesn't get out of sync with their active ...
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Difference between Bridging, Switching, Forwarding a frame? [closed]
What is the Difference between Bridging, Switching, Forwarding a frame?
What is the difference between Control Plane Vs Forwarding Plane and Slow path Vs Fast Path? How are the above terms related to ...
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ESX(i) Interface Bonding ala Linux?
I'm planning to virtualize some Linux hosts that I've got, and I'm going to be putting ESXi on the physical machines. Currently, I've got two switches set up for redundancy, and I've got bonding setup ...
