What brand of routers/switches do you trust the most?
We’re wondering what everyone is using for a brand of wireless routers and switches? What do you prefer to use in the enterprise versus at home or in personal networks? What are your suggestions for SMBs to large corporations? We’ve got 150 knowledge points for our favorite answer!

Answer Question   |  February 22, 2011  2:30 PM
Cisco, Linksys, Open IT Forum, Routers, Switches, Wireless Access Points, Wireless in 2010, Wireless Network, Wireless networking

VOIP over leased line
Can we run Voip over leased line instead of PRI

Answer Question   |  February 11, 2011  5:40 AM
CCVP, Cisco 2811, Cisco 2811 configuration, Leased line, VoIP Configuration, VoIP hardware

How to upload (SAVF) file from Windows to iSeries (SAVF)
Hi, I’ve a file MFUTL.SAVF under windows desktop, and I want to upload this file to iSeries as SAVF. 1. Why can’t I just used drag and drop under iNavigator? 2. FTP from Windows to iSeries, how to define the Source system? 3. How do i go about uploading? Kindly help.

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2010  4:38 AM
FTP, iNavigator, iSeries, iSeries v5, SAVF, Windows

MPLS VPN: Which VPN Connectivity is stable. Airtel or Tulip or Reliance
Which VPN Connectivity is stable. Airtel or Tulip or Reliance

Answer Question   |  June 24, 2011  4:04 AM
Cisco VPN, VPN administration, VPN connectivity, VPN design, VPN MPLS, VPN software

SIP on Asterisk
when i make a phonecall between 2 softphone via Asterisk server. so asterisk server as a registrar server or location server or UA like B2BUA? i don’t know about it. please help me.thanks

Answer Question   |  August 25, 2010  2:25 AM
Asterisk, Cisco Softphones, SIP, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 10.04, VoIP

Troubleshooting POP3 with Exchange 2005
I am working with Microsoft Exchange 2005 and everything seems to be fine but no users can pop their mailboxes. Imap is fine but POP3 just times out for everyone outside the network, How can I trouble shoot this new network? The old admin quit. Should I run?

Answer Question   |  September 1, 2010  8:15 PM
Exchange 2005, Exchange errors, IMAP, Network troubleshooting, POP3, POP3 accounts, Troubleshooting

Limiting remote administration terminal sessions
How can I limit my remote administration terminal sessions to only the console session? I mean one connection period for administration. If I connect to the terminal I want it to kick off any remote users like on the XP desktop. This is Advanced Server 2003 – Windows.

Answer Question   |  November 9, 2010  8:05 PM
Remote access policies, Remote Access Privileges, Remote Access Secuirty, Remote administration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows XP, Wireless in 2010

Agent’s IP Address
hi everybody I want to find agent’s IP Address on the Interface in snmp but I don’t know How? anybody can help me?

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2010  6:10 PM
IP address, Java, Java agent, Java programming, SNMP

Checking networks for flaws and defects
Is there security testing equipment that will check my wireless and wired network for flaws or defects that would allow it to be taken over or infiltrated?

Answer Question   |  August 26, 2010  2:36 PM
Network management, Network security, Network Security Management, Wireless in 2010, Wireless network management, Wireless network security, Wireless security

Blocking spyware and inappropriate sites
Can we monitor and filter our wireless network? Are there free tools for this? We want to block porn and spyware sites.

Answer Question   |  September 21, 2011  2:32 PM
Network Security Management, Network Security Policies, Wireless in 2010, Wireless networking, Wireless security

Disabling wireless internet at specific times
Is there a method for disabling wireless internet from our routers at a specified time every day? When the offices close the wifi closes as well. We have seen some horrible traffic from late nights presumably from the parking lot.

Answer Question   |  February 22, 2011  2:31 PM
Wireless access, Wireless in 2010, Wireless Internet, Wireless Network, Wireless networking, Wireless security

How to find Route Active in range 192.168.128.1 -192.168.131.1?
how to find Route Active in range 192.168.128.1 -192.168.131.1?

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2010  9:20 AM
Java, Java applications, Routers, Routing

TZ 100 Hang, ping with no response and vpn drop and reconnect
TZ 100 is keep working but there is no response through http management. Firmware 5521 and 5520 have used but no improvemenet. VPN drops and reconnect all the times. I have adjusted the TCP/IP timeout to 60 Seconds. Unfortunately, it is useless.

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2010  9:19 AM
Network management, Network security, SonicWALL, TCP/IP, VPN, VPN Error Messages, Wireless in 2010, Wireless security

How do I find Route ip Address to query ipRouteNextHop ?
How I find Route ip Address to query ipRouteNextHop ? in other words how find yellow segment  that it is the result of requesting  into 192.168.128.17?

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2010  9:17 AM
IP address, IP Routing, Network management, Router IP address, SNMP, SolarWinds

Layer 2 Ethernet throughput
We have 2 sites. Point A and point B. Point A has a 100M ethernet line on a 100M port and point B has a logically 20M line seating on a 100M port. Telco providers use traffic shaping to logically set the bandwidth on their L2 device at their nearest office from point B. We have multiple [...]

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2010  6:01 AM
Cisco, Cisco 2800, Cisco 2800 configuration, Cisco 2980, Ethernet, TCP, Throughput, Wireless in 2010

Appropriate configuration for adding a wireless router to a wired network
What is the appropriate configuration for adding a wireless router to my wired network without affecting the network. This will be for visitors and does not need access to the network other than internet and printing. I would like to separate this out to our dmz. Are there white papers on this?

Answer Question   |  August 23, 2010  8:53 PM
DMZ, Wireless in 2010, Wireless Network, Wireless network management, Wireless networking, Wireless routers

Static webpage to instruct users what to do to gain access to network
I have seen schools that have informational pages when you connect to their hotspots telling you what you need to do to access it. What can I do to do something similar on my corporate network. Instructing the users to contact the right person by displaying a static webpage.

Answer Question   |  August 23, 2010  8:52 PM
Wireless Access Point, Wireless in 2010, Wireless Network, Wireless network management, Wireless network security

Logical wireless extension to my corporate network running Cisco equipment?
What is the logical wireless extension to my corporate network running all cisco equipment? We need to extend an outdoor portion of the network and want it to integrate with the rest of the network seamlessly.

Answer Question   |  December 5, 2010  8:51 PM
Cisco, Wireless in 2010, Wireless Network, Wireless network hub, Wireless network management

Do you have an IT blog or website and want to earn 100 knowledge points?
We hope you find this community helpful in answering all your questions. But we want everyone to get every answer they need and wthat means more experts are always welcome. That’s why we’re asking you to tell your friends about IT Knowledge Exchange (ITKE). If you have a blog or website that is geared towards the topics [...]

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2010  8:00 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Developement, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server

Are there such things as good reboots on client servers?
IBM has claimed that they have invested billions on their mainframe platform to reduce the need for reboots. EMC and Cisco appear to be doing the same for RAID storage and routers and switches respectively. Yet on client servers reboots are treated as commonplace events. How can both practices co-exists in the same industry. Is [...]

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2010  7:25 PM
Cisco, Cisco Routers, Cisco switches, Client server software, EMC, IBM, Open IT Forum, RAID, Server Reboot, Servers