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The OSPF dynamic routing protocol is probably the most popular LAN routing protocol today. OSPF can scale to the largest LANs but can also start out small. While OSPF can be complex to configure, its basic configuration isn’t difficult. Let’s learn how to configure OSPF in the Cisco IOS. What do you need to know…

The OSPF dynamic routing protocol is probably the most popular LAN routing protocol today. OSPF can scale to the largest LANs but can also start out small. While OSPF can be complex to configure, its basic configuration isn’t difficult. Let’s learn how to configure OSPF in the Cisco IOS. What do you need to know…

Do you need to configure dynamic routing protocol for you network? EIGRP may be an excellent choice. It is a full-featured routing protocol that can grow as your network grows. Let’s learn how to configure EIGRP in the Cisco IOS. What do you need to know about EIGRP? Before you configure EIGRP, there are some…

David Davis shows us how to quickly access the console on Cisco routers and switches and how to configure them as terminal servers.

VMware ESX Server 3i is a very powerful and free Enterprise virtualization platform. I covered all the basics of it, how it is different, and why you want it in our previous article “What is VMware ESX Server 3i?” Now, let me show you how easy it is to download and install VMware ESX Server…

In my time browsing the Cisco website and also from watching Cisco presentations, there are a couple of different methodologies and lifecycle approaches, subscribed to by Cisco that can help any enterprise customer. Let’s find out how these methodologies can help you. How can Methodologies help you? The Wikipedia defines a methodology as: “the analysis…

In my time browsing the Cisco website and also from watching Cisco presentations, there are a couple of different methodologies and lifecycle approaches, subscribed to by Cisco that can help any enterprise customer. Let’s find out how these methodologies can help you. How can Methodologies help you? The Wikipedia defines a methodology as: “the analysis…

When it comes to IP subnetting, as you don’t do it everyday, it can be confusing and take a while to get back into. In this article, we will cover a certain type of IP subnet mask – the /30 subnet mask and /32 bit subnet mask – and find how these subnet masks can…

VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) is an add-on for VMware ESX Server & VMware Virtual Center. Many times, VCB is included in the VMware Infrastructure Suite along with the aforementioned applications. But VCB is a mysterious product, with little documentation that is difficult to explain. In this article, I will cover some of the most common…

There are a lot of network management systems out there but not a lot of them make network management easy for the network manager. I have worked with PacketTrap since the days of their free pt360 network troubleshooting tools and I have always seen their goal of making network management “easy” evident in their network…