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The most-watched IT questions this week: Nov. 24, 2009

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How many Exchange servers should I use in my company?

A single exchange server is just fine. Outlook can only connecto one Exchange server at a time so having two seperate Exchange setups wouldn't be of any use (not to mention expensive). A single Exchange server can handle many domains. At my company we have about 10 email domains with different...

Network reconfiguration

To make sure all subnets can communicate with each other, you need to setup routing at each gateway which will be your new routers. Static routes will work, but with 8 nodes in a full mesh it is better that you setup a spanning tree algorithm like EIGRP or RIP. Cisco's DHCP Helper can help you...

Is there any way to team a set of intel nic's in SLA or 802.3ad when the switch doesn't support it

It depends on the nic teaming software that you are using. Broadcom, for instance, has Smart Load Balancing which does not need 802.3ad.

use of cisco certifications in telecom industry

Here is a link to a networking certification guide from SearchNetworking.com that may help you.

To retrieve data from a remote system

One of my clients used to use Sockets for communicating between an AS400 and a Unix box and that worked very well. I keep meaning to "have a go" with socket programming and have seen a lot of good press on Scott Klement's tutorial at http://www.scottklement.com/rpg/socktut/index.html Hope it...

FTP error on site commands as400 to as400 transfer

1 - Did it fail on ALL of the 400's or just some? If it failed on 'ALL' then the change was at your end - authentication (you did say right after login). If it only failed on some systems, then they changed. Patch or Antivirus or malware blocker, or updated ACL. Good luck. ...

change my career to networking or graphics

If you are really interested into networking then the best thing for you to start up with is CCNA but break into two pieces so that you can understand the concept well. You can take the ICND1 and ICND2 exams to earn your CCNA. You must have a good networking knowledge. Be familiar with the basics...

Downloading limit per user?

we have plenty of buffer and hence that limit setting has never raised hand. but content setting is given an importance here.

What should I do if I have my CCNA, MCSE and RHCE but no job?

With your certifications, employers would expect you to have at the very least 2-4 years of experience for any job that's worth while. To get your foot in the door, look for lower level technical support or helpdesk positions. ------------- earlier certificates had higher value as the volume of...

If I haven't received my Cisco certificate yet but I have my marksheet, what should I do?

there are two ways - contact local authorized exam center. or you can login at cisco academic site and contact them directly.

Is the CCNA, MCSE or RHCE a better networking certification to get jobs with high salary?

It all depends on what you want to do. If you enjoy working with networks, go for a CCNA. If you like working on Windows servers, go for a MCSE. If you like working with Linux and specifically Red Hat, go for RHCE. ------------ first of all it depends on your area of interest also as said...

Wireless LANs: Yea or nay?

I have a lot of clients who have wireless networks. They're typically outside the firewall for open guest access. Some people use WPA and WPA2 for encryption and authentication. I haven't seen much in the way of policies and very minimal controls to detect rogue systems. ----------------------- ...

How to make a career in information security field a long term success

MCSE is nice, Now try to get CISSP . Also you will need some hands on experience in the IT Security field. You may have to start at the bottom performing very basic security related tasks ... vulnerability identification, vulnerability remediation, various ways of encrypting data, etc. Good...

Gigabit ethernet card only showing speed option of 10MB and 100MB in driver properties

Sounds like a mismatch between your NIC and Win7. Have you contacted the vendor directly?

VLAN routing Cisco 2960

Yes, i haven't tried that with astarobut I believe that UTM firewalls is capable of doing that. Well, I'm not very sure of Astaro firewall, there are other firewall brands that I am sure of, from routing vlan to vlan, like sonicwall or netasq UTM firewall. try to search the net about UTM firewall...

Networking certifications

I think it would be dependent upon what you are working with. As I know we will be obtaining our own server soon, I am going back to school so I can get my CCNA. The best institutes for networking are dependent upon whether you are seeking network security, physical implementation, or protocol. ...

Error 1606. Could not Access Network Location :.

I researched this issue, and kept ending up with this same solution whether I was on a Microsoft site or another tech forum. Click on “Start-Run, type “regedit” (without the quotes) Navigate to this registry path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Software --> Microsoft --> Windows -->...

How do you get the VLAN protocol to go 'up'?

Did you issue the "no shutdown" command on the interface while in config mode? ********** As I can see, you've included the no shutdown command on both devices (router and switch) so your problem is only on protocols. Try this steps: On your router, just issue the "no shutdown" command. Also...

ADS across different netwroks ADS Over NAT

Active Directory services is better known as AD or AD DS (Active Directory Domain Services) for Server 2008, but getting on to the question, you need to configure network routes to each subnet, and add each subnet to the Subnets folder in Active Directory Sites and Services. You can either use...