Routers Questions


Is it possible to reuse routers to create additional LAN ports?
Can I daisy chain several routers together to add additional lan ports or will I get screwed up by their separate interfaces? We have several routers and no additional switches. If it will be an issue and I can not turn them into switches we will buy something but if we can reuse our existing [...]

Answer Question   |  August 21, 2010  2:48 PM
LAN, LAN port, Network design, Routers, Switches, Wireless in 2010
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16,755 pts.

Benefits of wireless router upgrade
What are the benefits of upgrading my wireless router to dd-wrt open source firmware? Is it true I can boost my signal? Is it safe? Is there a chance I can brick my router?

Answer Question   |  November 20, 2010  8:31 PM
Routers, Wireless, Wireless in 2010, Wireless routers, WLAN
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16,755 pts.

Multiple Subnet Routing Hardware
Please feel free to direct me to previous post if applicable. I have searched all over this site and others to try to find specifics. I have a business network 192.168.10.0 that all of the PCs and two windows small business servers run on. I have a separate network 192.168.1.0 that my machines(industrial PLCs, VFDs, [...]

Answer Question   |  August 12, 2010  2:08 PM
Routers, Small Business Server, Subnet, WAN, Wireless in 2010, WLAN configuration
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5 pts.

Ports Configuration for 2811 as a Terminal Server
Is there any possible way to disable ports on a Cisco 2811 router that is configured as a terminal server

Answer Question   |  August 5, 2010  1:30 AM
Cisco 2811, Cisco 2811 configuration, Cisco router configuration, Cisco Routers, Port configuration, Routers, Terminal Server
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SRR
5 pts.

Can I connect two Windows 7 machines via wifi with no router?
Can I connect two windows 7 machines together via wifi without using a router? I need to copy files both ways and the only connections in common on both machines are wifi 802.11 N.

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2010  3:55 PM
Routers, Wifi, Windows 7, Windows 7 in 2010, Wireless networking, Wireless routers
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485 pts.

CISCO vty auto command
A user cannot use show running-config and config terminal using his default permission to my company router after he connects our edge router via telnet using port 23. I have to fix this problem without changing his privilege level. And I have to also solve this issue by using only a single command. any experts [...]

Answer Question   |  August 2, 2010  4:41 PM
Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS Commands, Cisco Routers, Routers, Telnet
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40 pts.

Need to configure Bandwidth limiting on per ip basis in cisco router
Hi, Need to configure Bandwidth limiting on per ip basis in cisco router i tried using rate-limit in my [nobr]isp[/nobr] interface using access list 101 If my [nobr]access[/nobr] list is like access-list 101 permit ip any any  it’s apply rate-limit to all users when try to apply a single ip  access-list 101 permit ip host [...]

Answer Question   |  July 26, 2010  2:41 PM
Bandwidth, Bandwidth management, Bandwidth monitoring, Cisco Routers, IP Addresses, Routers
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5 pts.

cisco 2950 configuration
Hi, I have got a really stupid question to ask. I am running a small wireless internet service, about 20 customers so far. I’m using 4 access points to send out my signal. My input is from a t1 line into a cisco 1841 router. Here is where my problem starts: I’ve been using soho [...]

Answer Question   |  November 19, 2011  4:38 AM
Cisco 2950, Cisco router configuration, Cisco Routers, Routers, Wireless in 2010, Wireless routers
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35 pts.

Switch or router for small office network with 10-20 computers
Hi I am trying to setup a small network for an office. Not sure should I use a Switch or a router. Could be 10-20 computers. Also the user wants me to block everyone from accessing their emails. Any suggestions is appreciated

Answer Question   |  August 9, 2010  2:26 PM
Network connectivity, Network design, Network management, Network security, Networking Equipment, Routers, Switches, Windows XP, Wireless in 2010
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5 pts.

Installing an IOS on a Cisco router or switch
I would like to know the process of installing an IOS on a cisco router or switch. What are the steps and commands for installing the IOS.

Answer Question   |  July 9, 2010  6:33 PM
Cisco IOS, Cisco router configuration, IOS, Routers, Switches
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20 pts.

Problems with connecting 2 sites with same IP range via VPN
We are about to connect 2 sites together using IPSec VPN and both of the sites have exactly the same Private 10.0.0.0 255.255.248.0 addressing scheme but neither can change on account of server setup. Just wondering if anyone knows of any problems with 2 sites having the same Private addressing scheme when connecting through VPN? [...]

Answer Question   |  June 25, 2010  10:24 PM
Cisco 1700, IP address conflicts, IPsec VPN, Routers, VPN, VPN issue
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20 pts.

Is there any configuration on Cisco router to enable it to respond to ARP from IP source 0.0.0.0?
When I configure my PC with a static IP the PC issues an ARP packet to the IP I configured with source IP 0.0.0.0 If any other PC (windows/Linux) have this IP I get a reply to my PC. If the Cisco router is configured with this IP my PC doesn’t get a respond to [...]

Answer Question   |  February 25, 2011  2:29 PM
Arp, Cisco router configuration, IP configuration, IP Conflict, Router configuration, Routers
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16,755 pts.

D-link des3526 switch configuration, can only ping one of two servers.
Port assigned for vlan1 is 1 to 25, port assigned for vlan2 is 26. I could ping gateway or browse  internet from vlan1. But from vlan2 I can not ping or browse. 

Answer Question   |  July 1, 2010  5:44 PM
D-Link DES 3526, D-Link port configuration, Routers, Switch configuration, VLAN, VLAN configuration
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Bjh
5 pts.

Two routers and Two internet connections on one network
Trying to setup a network, with my friends because we are going to be renting a house together, they will be sharing an internet connection, but I torrent alot so I figured I should pay or my own.  Wanted to maintain a lan b/c I made a system that allows them to add torrents they [...]

Answer Question   |  July 2, 2010  7:09 AM
Home networking, Linksys Routers, Network Configuration, Routers, routers and switches, WAN
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25 pts.

cisco 878 and 3com how to get it working and getting access to IP camera via public IP
I got Cisco 878 router with a 3com switch (unmanaged) the end devices Which are connected behind a 3com , are a network recorder and 3 IP camera’s I see the arp and mac address, but I can’t connect to them, or view the camera or able to access the recorder RTR-1# sh arp Protocol [...]

Answer Question   |  June 22, 2010  8:49 PM
Cisco 878, Cisco Routers, Network Configuration, Port forwarding, Routers
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5 pts.

Routing issue: I want to open SSH
Hi, I would like to get help, I have 2 computers: computer A with 1 network card, IP 172.19.3.22 DG 172.19.3.254 computer B with 2 network cards, ETH0 IP 172.19.35.75 DG 172.19.35.254 ETH1 IP 10.0.0.2 DG 10.0.0.254 Between the computers I have cisco switch with 2 Vlans, Vlan 3 for computer A and Vlan 35 [...]

Answer Question   |  June 29, 2010  9:27 AM
Cisco Routers, Cisco switches, Cisco VLAN, Network Configuration, Routers, SSH
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15 pts.

HSRP use in Two MPLS line
Friend I have mpls line to connectivty from head office to branch office, one live and one backup, now i would like configure HSRP for active active setup. My question is ,right now our backup line is using only redundancy,this line is mpls, if i configure HSRP this line can use another application as well [...]

Answer Question   |  November 16, 2011  3:52 AM
CCNP, Cisco Certified Network Professional, Cisco Routers, HSRP, MPLS, Redundant Switches, Routers
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5 pts.

Added computers not recognizing Linksys router, network down
i need to reset my network but none of my added computers are recognizing the router wrt54g do i need to change the name of my network. the network went down while i was awy for a couple of days and never has come back up.

Answer Question   |  February 18, 2011  1:30 PM
Linksys WRT54G, Network connectivity, Network management, Router configuration, Routers, Windows Vista
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5 pts.

cisco router 2811 vpn
Hi, is it possible to have both site-to-site and client-to-site vpv on the same interface dialer???

Answer Question   |  February 18, 2011  4:58 PM
Cisco 2811, Cisco Routers, Cisco VPN, Routers, VPN design
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5 pts.

How to make this DMZ routing work?
Currently we have the DMZ ACL in the ASA firewall. One interface that was assigned as DMZ was connected to the core switch and within a VLAN. The server that was untagged to this DMZ VLAN will have the DMZ ACL applied to the inbound/outbound traffic.  This was quite simple setup.  This issue now I [...]

Answer Question   |  February 18, 2011  5:43 AM
ACL, ASA, DMZ, Firewalls, IP Routing, Routers, routers and switches
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95 pts.