February 4, 2012

Installing GNS3 Router Simulator

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GNS3 is a routing simulator and allows you to simulate Cisco routers, switches and firewalls as well as simulate Juniper routers too. In this post we are going to download and install GNS3. To begin we need to download the software – a simple Google search takes us to http://www.gns3.net/download to be able to download [...]

Juniper Networks EX4200 Muli-Layer Switch

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Juniper Networks EX4300 multi-layer Ethernet switches are fast, secure and reliable platforms providing compact standards based connectivity for branch office, enterprise networks and data centers. Yes, if you haven’t guessed by now, we really like these switches. Designed for the access and distribution layers, the EX4200 and EX3200 series switches allows Juniper to enter markets [...]

Create Visio Network Diagrams online with Gliffy

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If you’re like me your biggest tool that you use day to day is Visio.  I use it constantly to create all of my network diagrams for every network I create. But what do you do if you don’t have Visio?!?!   Visio isn’t cheap software and not every network engineer can afford to buy it… [...]

Interview Questions for Network Engineers

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Are you thinking about getting a job as a Network Engineer?  Are you considering leaving your present position and getting a new job at a new company?  Has it been a while since you’ve interviewed?   If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions then this is the post for you!  We’ve compiled a [...]