Hot Standby Routing Protocol or HSRP, is a Cisco proprietary protocol that allows two or more routers to work together to represent a single IP address for a particular network. HSRP, as well as Virtual Route Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) are considered high-availability network services that allow for almost immediate fail …
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NAT on Cisco ASA (with GNS3 config)
In this article, we will be looking at Network Address Translation (NAT) on the Cisco ASA. I will assume the readers of this article know what NAT and the Cisco ASA are, so I will just give an overview. In the simplest form, the Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is Cisco’s …
Read More »GNS3 network simulator for CCNA
GNS3 network simulator has become part of the daily work for many network engineers around the world. It became so popular that it even surpassed other network virtualization training solutions. It all started with Dynamips written by Christophe Fillot in 2005. The software was used for emulation of some of …
Read More »Installing GNS3 Router Simulator
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 …
Read More »ManageEngine OpManager Review: Network Monitoring Solution
Introduction I remember when I started my career in the IT industry and I visited the network operations centers of some banks. There were usually these big screens hung up on the wall for everyone to see showing several red and green icons. I came to understand that those screens …
Read More »Being A Network Engineer in Nigeria: Professional Journey of Adeolu Owokade
Brief introduction My name is Adeolu Owokade and I’ve been many things over the years – Son, Student, “Networking guy”, CCIE, IT consultant, Husband, Father, Techpreneur, and most recently, Teacher. Having been involved in the Network and Security industry for over 10 years, I’ll be telling the story of how …
Read More »How to Become a Network Engineer
Tips and suggestions on how to become a network engineer and help you jump-start your career in networking.
Read More »Traffic Policing vs. Traffic Shaping
One of the ‘hot’ topics when studying about Quality of Service (QoS) is Traffic Policing versus Traffic Shaping. In this article, we will look at these QoS features individually, compare them, and also see how they are used in the real world. Network Quality There are four major factors that …
Read More »AAA on the Cisco ASA
From my experience as a Network Security Engineer, I have worked on many Cisco projects involving AAA on the routers but not so many that involve AAA on the Cisco ASA. I find that a bit weird considering that the Cisco ASA is the real security device. I wonder if …
Read More »Personal Branding for Network Engineers
When you think of a smartphone, what brand comes to mind first?Apple? Samsung? Probably. How about a soda/soft drink? You will probably think of “Coke”. In the same way, when people think about you (in a professional point of view), what comes to their mind? This is what a Personal Branding is …
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