Monitoring bandwidth with Cisco Firewall
Why the CISCO ASDM 6.2.5 Version firewall is not stopping https websites. How can we give access to our students to user wise login. how can we monitor internet bandwidth by user wise & timings. We have AD in the picture. Note: Any user accessing the internet because of AD Given authentication.

Answer Question   |  November 10, 2010  1:43 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Permissions, ASDM, Bandwidth monitoring, Cisco Firewall, Cisco Firewall Service Modules (FWSMs)

Packet loss in a Cisco 3750 stack
I am seeing occasional packet loss in a Cisco 3750 switch stack. There are 5 switches in the stack. The client is on switch 5 and the server is on switch 4. The client is on a separate vlan from the server. I am not seeing any errors on the ports or VLANS or NIC’s. [...]

Answer Question   |  December 6, 2010  8:22 PM
Cisco, Cisco 3750, Cisco switches, Packet Loss, Packets, VLAN

Windows Server 2003 Strange DNS issues
I have taken over an AD/DNS install (was not employeed when it was initially set up) and I am seeing things I think are strange to say the least. for example, if my FQDN was example.com – this is a typical nslookup/ping session:   C:>nslookup Default Server:  w2003server.example.com Address:  192.168.1.5 > google.com Server:  w23003server.example.com Address:  [...]

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2010  3:17 PM
DNS, DNS server, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 NDR, NDR, TCP/IP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

Is it possible to share internet via wifi router just like adhoc connection?
Is it possible to share Internet to other computer via wifi router if I have a wireless 3gusb which can be connected only to 1 computer?  I have 3g wireless usb stick to connect to internet. I can connect to only one computer. I have 2 laptops wifi enabled and a wifi router. Is it [...]

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2011  9:33 AM
Ad Hoc, Network, Network routers, Routers, Wireless

HMC 7310 C05 has one physical ethernet port
Hello There. I’m trying to connect to the outside world but my eth port is connected to my power 7 box. Is there a way to ‘share or split’ this port ? Either thru some kind of swithch or software that somehow would create a lan console ? I’m trying to make what I have [...]

Answer Question   |  November 6, 2010  7:20 PM
Ethernet connection, Ethernet Ports, HMC

High latency, TCP window size, single or multi session
Dear Gurus : the situation is between 2 place with high latency e.g. 60ms from China to Taiwan. the IPLC link is 20mbps , the test PC hase been tcp optimisation increase window size FYI  http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php if one ftp test session still can not reach for example 10%(vs 100Mbps LAN) , 10Mbps, the provider say [...]

Answer Question   |  November 5, 2010  3:40 PM
Filezilla, Networking, TCP, Telecom

Updating firmware on IOS Cisco router
Our firmware on our IOS Cisco router is outdated. We have been tasked to update it to the latest version. How can we do this? Where do we get the file from and what is a fttp server and how do we use it in conjunction with flashing the box?

Answer Question   |  November 5, 2010  3:06 PM
Cisco router configuration, Cisco Routers, Firmware, firmware update, IOS

Psion Teklogix connectivity
We have a Psion Teklogix Wifi installed in our warehouse. It consists of a 9150 controller and several 9150T Access Points, each with two antennas. We use Tess 5250 emulator on the 7535 handheld. The problem is that we very seldom can log in to the iSeries from the handheld. It works maybe 5% of [...]

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2010  11:20 AM
iSeries Emulator, iSeries error messages, Wifi, Wireless networking

CCNA wireless simulation
is there any simulation for CCNA wireless

Answer Question   |  September 16, 2011  3:34 AM
CCNA, CCNA practice, CCNA Wireless, Cisco networks, LAN

Is a fixed IP address required to remotely receive emails from OWA?
Our office is having issues retrieving emails remotely using OWA. Our office had MS Exchange Server 2007 installed several months ago and we were able to access our emails remotely with OWA without issue until recently. The IT company that sold and installed the server is saying that we require a fixed IP address from our ISP [...]

Answer Question   |  November 5, 2010  9:50 PM
Exchange 2007, IP address, IP addressing, Outlook, Outlook 2002, Outlook 2007, OWA, Remote email access

Data center temperature policies
I am involved with an energy efficiency project where the server rooms in 15 buildings lost their servers when a network was installed.  These rooms in these buildings now only have from one to three routers and switches in them.  The buildings are used only four days a week and we wanted to implement  building [...]

Answer Question   |  November 5, 2010  6:58 PM
Cisco, Cooling systems, Data Center administration, Data center cooling, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data Center solution

System restore on Windows Server 2003 R2
Can system restore points for our windows 2003 r2 server be stored on an external drive or a network drive? How would we restore them in an emergency?

Answer Question   |  December 21, 2011  3:16 PM
Backup and restore, external drive, Network Drive, System Restore, Windows Server 2003 R2

Setting power save mode on Windows 7 machines
How can we set power save mode properly on new Windows 7 machines and wake on LAN to save on electricity costs?

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2010  3:10 PM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, LAN, Power management, Power Save Mode, Wake on LAN, Windows 7

Booting generic machines to the network & installing image of Windows 7
We purchased 200 generic machines without operating systems. We need them to boot to the network and install an image of Windows 7. What is the best way to do this? Can it be done with Windows services?

Answer Question   |  November 3, 2010  3:03 PM
Network connectivity, Networking, Operating systems, Windows 7, Windows networking, Windows Services

Hide mapped drives through log on script in Windows XP Professional SP3
Hi is it possible to hide a mapped drive from view in the “My Computer” folder? I have all my drives mapped by scripts on logon, i am wanting to hide the S: drive but it is essential that it is mapped as many RM Software runs through this drive, this is my script *********************************************************   [...]

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2010  2:05 PM
Mapped drives, Scripting, Scripts, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional SP3, Windows XP SP3

Access Control List for users allowed to access network
Is it possible to setup an access list for allowed computers on the network and prevent others from using any network resources like internet and printers. Even with a valid username and password I want them blocked if they are not on the Access Control List.

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2010  2:41 PM
Access Control List, Access Controls, Network Access Control, Network Access Policy, Network Access Protection, Network security, Network Security Management

Addressing specific IPS from HP Pro Curve or only by port numbers?
Can we address specific IPS from our hp pro curve 4000m or only by port numbers? If only by port can we set a VLAN for a specific machine to always be in it and apply priority rules to the VLAN?

Answer Question   |  February 14, 2011  2:38 PM
HP ProCurve, IPS, Port numbers, VLAN, VLAN management, VLAN Setup

How to configure ASA 5510 with dynamic IP address
I want to configure the Cisco ASA 5510 with my ADSL connection. Adsl conection getting the dynamic IP address from ISP so how can i configure the ASA so i can use site to site connection and vpn client. On site also having ASA 5505 and pix 506 with ADSL connection. Office user also wants [...]

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2010  11:42 AM
ASA, Cisco 5510 configuration, Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5510, Cisco Configuration, VPN Client

SFTP setup for FreeBSD
Hi Does anyone know how to setup SFTP on a FreeBSD operating system? I have the operating system installed FreeBSD-8.1-Release-i386. Do I need to install FTP than install SFTP over the top? I am new to FreeBSD and FTP so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2010  9:42 AM
Dell PowerEdge 2600, FreeBSD, FTP, SFTP

Running gigabit over cat5e?
What happens if we run gigabit over cat5e? Will we get a connection? Is it reliable? What would be my max possible speed?

Answer Question   |  November 16, 2010  9:02 PM
CAT5, CAT5e, Ethernet, Ethernet connection, Gigabit ethernet, Gigabit network adapters