Add router between 2 switches or create vlan?
Say you have Internet > router (DHCP/NAT) > switch1 > switch2 > computers (switch1 also has computers connected to it) What steps need to be taken to put a router between the 2 switches so the computers on each switch are on their own LAN and invisible to each other? Also, would enabling a VLAN [...]

Answer Question   |  September 12, 2005  12:49 AM
Cabling, Hardware, Hubs, Routers, Switches

Working of Switches
I am willing to provide internet through the network cable to all the residents in my colony, I have bought switches to regenerate the signals, The thing I wanna ask is that if I use switches then at what distance I will have to set another switch? furthermore, what are the alternatives for switches, can [...]

Answer Question   |  November 28, 2007  11:47 PM
Networking, Switches

NAT problem
Hi All, I am running web application designed using SOAP. This application is linked to a database and serves data to the web using IIS. The application is using internal ip address 10.10.10.21. A router was configured to map all traffic from a specific external ip address say 198.168.1.3 to be routed to 10.10.10.21 on [...]

Answer Question   |  September 12, 2005  5:03 PM
Cabling, Hardware, Hubs, Networking, Performance management, Routers, Switches, Web services

Home Network Configuration
I need help with configuring my home network setup. I’m not sure if this is the right way to do this but please advise. Cable Modem -> VPN/Firewall Hardware -> 8 port switch 8 port switch -> 2000 Server, PC1, PC2, PC3, and Wireless AP PC1, PC2, and PC3 will join the 2000 Server Domain. [...]

Answer Question   |  August 30, 2005  7:57 PM
Cabling, DHCP, DNS, Hardware, Hubs, Networking, Networking services, NIC, Routers, Servers, Switches

NT/2000 account resources
Hi. I have an NT server but Win2K workstations. I have a couple of individuals who cannot log onto their roaming profile on certain workstations. The particular workstations will log them on with a local profile to use the shared resources on the network. On other 2K workstations, they can access everything they need. Other [...]

Answer Question   |  September 13, 2005  11:29 AM
Active Directory, Cabling, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Hardware, Hubs, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network management software, Network monitoring, Networking, Networking services, OS, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Tech support

Windows 2000 Professional
Is there a way to increase the number of logons in Windows 2000 Professional? Current settings are 10 logons. I’m running Windows 2000 Professional on a computer that serveral other computers map to in order to run an application. Only ten can connect at one time.

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2005  12:14 AM
Cabling, Hardware, Hubs, Networking, Printers, Routers, Servers, Switches

SCSI Boot with IDE, old CMOS
Compaq Deskpro EN 733/512 with Windows 2000 Server booting on 9GB SCSI drive, Adaptec controller. Active Directory, Domain Controller, WINS, file/database server. Drive getting full, Non-Profit on the Cheap, picked up a large IDE drive hoping to simply add it. Life is for learning, now I understand that unless the BIOS allows you to set [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  10:03 AM
DataCenter, Routers, SCSI, Storage, Switches

communication between VLANs on 3com switches and cisco 6509
is’t possible to create VLAN’s and communicate between them in a network were the backbone switch is cisco 6509, and the edge switches are 3com (stack switch 4400)

Answer Question   |  November 28, 2007  8:13 AM
Networking, Switches

Remote Desktop conflicts with VPN
I am connecting using Remote Desktop from my Laptop PC (Windows 2000 Pro Sp4) to a Server (Windows 2000 Server Sp4) in our DMZ over our Corporate Network. I am then using a Network & Dialup Connection on the Remote Server to connect over VPN to our Customer Sites. However, this is currently unusable as [...]

Answer Question   |  August 30, 2005  10:08 AM
Availability, Cabling, Desktop management applications, Ethernet, Fault isolation, Firewalls, Forensics, Hardware, Hubs, Incident response, Intrusion management, Microsoft Windows, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network protocols, Network security, Network testing, Networking, Performance management, Protocol analysis, Remote management, Routers, Software, Switches, TCP, VPN, Wireless

Communication between Subnets
What is the best way to get nodes on different subnets to communicate? I need my public web server to talk to the rest of my network. I tried adding a route in my routing table but that did not seem to do the trick. I’ll take any suggustions.

Answer Question   |  August 18, 2005  9:25 AM
Cabling, Cisco, Hardware, Hubs, Networking, Routers, Switches

Library management system
i need a free library management system running on window or linux that can keep track of who has what cd/books any one help plse

Answer Question   |  August 20, 2005  5:39 AM
3Com, ABAP, Access, Active Directory, ActiveX, ADA, ASP, ASP.NET, Availability, Avaya, Bandwidth, BASIC, Benchmarking, Bind, C, Cabling, CGI, Cisco, COBOL, ColdFusion, Computer Associates, DataCenter, Dell, Desktops, Development, DHCP, Distribution/logistics applications, DNS, Enterasys, Enterprise Desktop, Ethernet, Fault isolation, FDDI, Foundry, Frame Relay, General Directories, H.323, Hardware, HEAT, Help Desk, Hewlett-Packard, Hubs, IPv4, IPv6, Juniper Networks, LDAP, Lifecycle development, Lotus Domino, Lucent, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft Windows, MPLS, NetBIOS, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, NFS, Nortel, Novell IPX/SPX, Novell NDS, Oracle, OS, Patch management, Performance management, PHP, Ping, Programming Languages, Protocol analysis, Remote management, Routers, SAP, Security, Servers, SIP, Software Quality Assurance, SQL Server, Switches, Systems management software, T-SQL, TCP, Tech support, Updates from SearchSQLServer.com staff, Updates from SearchWindowsSecurity.com staff, VB.NET, VBA, VBScript, Visual Basic, Windows, WINS, XML

Synchronization of application servers
hi all my company has about 30 application servers,so when i want to install something i have to do it on 30 servers which is very time consuming.due to this I Need a way to update all application servers using a single installation routine. can someone help please

Answer Question   |  September 25, 2005  3:21 AM
3Com, Access, Active Directory, Apache, AS/400, Availability, Avaya, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Bind, Cabling, Cisco, Database, DataCenter, DB2, Dell, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Enterasys, Enterprise Desktop, Ethernet, Exchange, Exchange security, Fault isolation, FDDI, Foundry, Frame Relay, General Directories, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard Application Server, Hubs, IPv4, IPv6, Juniper Networks, LDAP, Linux, Lotus Domino, Lucent, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, MySQL, NetBIOS, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, NFS, Nortel, Novell NDS, Oracle, OS, Patch management, Performance management, Ping, Protocol analysis, Remote management, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL, SQL Server, Switches, TCP, Updates from SearchSQLServer.com staff, Updates from SearchWindowsSecurity.com staff, Windows, WINS

erased flash
I have a cisco 2950 switch. The flash was erased and now there is just a basic switch. I tried to copy tftp but I get the buffer size, src, dst. I really could use some help on the procedures on downloading new flash at this point into my switch. So if you know the [...]

Answer Question   |  August 10, 2005  5:11 PM
Cisco, Switches

Uploads bringing network down
We do web design so the volume of traffic going out to our live production servers is considerably high at times. So my question is, without upgrading our hardware (see below), is there any way to stop uploads from bringing the entire network to its knees? I’ve got a small LAN that has between 30 [...]

Answer Question   |  August 11, 2005  9:59 AM
Bandwidth, DataCenter, Gigabit ethernet, IT architecture, Layer 3-7 Switches, Network management software, Network Management Systems, Network monitoring, Networking, Networking Equipment, Performance management, Routers, Switches, T-1/T-3 Services

connecting the 5th and 7th floosr of a building
Hi, Everybody My network covers the 5 th floor of an office building, and now we expanding to the 7th floor (a half-dozen users. All the servers and telecom closet are on the 5th floor and I have to provide network services to the users on the 7th floor. I would like to have the [...]

Answer Question   |  May 24, 2012  2:25 AM
802.11 networking equipment, Cabling, Data center operations, DataCenter, DataManagement, Desktop security, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Gigabit ethernet, Hardware, Help Desk, Hubs, Information risk management, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Novell NDS, Routers, Security, Security management, Security products, Servers, Software Quality Assurance, Switches, Tech support, WAP, WEP, Wi-Fi Protected Access, Windows client administration and maintenance, Wired Equivalency Privacy, Wireless, Wireless Application Protocol, Wireless PC cards, Wireless routers, Wireless standards, WPA

HTU-E1 Leased Line Modem
hi,can anyone tell me how to take loop test on HTU E1 Leased line modem to test physical connectivity

Answer Question   |  August 30, 2009  4:15 AM
Cabling, DataCenter, DHCP, Dial-up networking, DNS, DSUs/CSUs, Ethernet, Hardware, Hubs, IPv4, LDAP, Managed Services, Modems/Cable Modems, Network Interface Cards, Network Management Systems, Network testing, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Optical Networking, PBXs, QoS, Routers, Switches, xDSL

Content Load Balancing Switches
Hi all – I’m working on a network design for a colo-based service site which will be load balancing both http and MySql (authenticated) services, and I’m looking at two possible solutions. 1) One of the Nortel Alteon content switches (low end) or 2) The Cisco CSS-11052 content switch. I’m somewhat familiar with the Alteon’s [...]

Answer Question   |  August 5, 2005  3:58 PM
Cabling, Cisco, Hardware, Hubs, Layer 3-7 Switches, Networking, Networking Products, Nortel, Routers, Switches, Vendor support

aaa authorization ?
Which of the following authorization commands are valid? (we have to choose 2 correct) A. aaa authentication exec home radius B. aaa accounting exec home radius C. aaa authorization default none D. aaa authorization exec home radius E. aaa authorization network default enable F. aaa authorization network default local

Answer Question   |  July 26, 2005  9:45 AM
Administration, Application security, Architecture/Design, Biometrics, Cabling, Cisco, Data analysis, Database, DataCenter, Desktop vs network-based firewalls, Digital certificates, Documentation, Encryption, Exchange, Features/Functionality, Firewalls, Forensics, Hardware, Hubs, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Installation, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, Networking, Product/Service evaluation, provisioning, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Service and support, Single sign-on, Switches, VPN, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, Wireless

Hiding System Tray ICons
Hi Guys.. I want to know how do we remove/hide system tray icon without stopping the service. I have a monitoring software which appears in the system tray which i want to hide. I m using win xp prof . I dont want to hide it i want to remove the icon from the system [...]

Answer Question   |  July 6, 2005  9:24 AM
Cabling, DataCenter, Desktop security, Desktops, Development, FAT and NTFS, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Help Desk, Hubs, Installation, Intel PC hardware, Licensing, Network management software, Networking, Performance/Tuning, Policies, Power management, Registry, Remote management, Routers, Software distribution, Switches, Tech support, Thin clients, Third-party services, Vendor support, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP

Consolidated Security Product/Approach? What about layered approach?
Hi Punnet, I’m a It Director at lasrge Media firm in NY. Looking at the security overhaul in the recent months and business looking to cxonsolidate the offices enviornment the talk of the town is to have ALL IN One device which does Firewall,IDS,VPN etc. I thought layerd security approach was the way to go [...]

Answer Question   |  June 20, 2005  10:36 AM
Administration, Architecture/Design, Cabling, Cisco, DataCenter, Desktop vs network-based firewalls, Firewalls, Forensics, Hardware, Hubs, Incident response, Information risk management, Intrusion management, IT architecture, Network security, Networking, Nortel, Product evaluation, Routers, Security, Security management, Security products, Switches, VPN, Wireless