The Cisco ASA 5505 Firewall is the smallest model in the new 5500 Cisco series of hardware appliances. Although this model is suitable for small businesses, branch offices or even home use, its firewall security capabilities are the same as the biggest models (5510, 5520, 5540 etc). The Adaptive Security …
Read More »What To do about SNMP-3-AUTHFAIL Messages
Have you secured your router with an ACL for SNMP access but are still seeing pages of SNMP-3-AUTHFAIL messages in your logs? In this article we will be dig into this issue and find out exactly what’s going and and why an SNMP-3-AUTHFAIL message might showing up in your logs …
Read More »Time–Based Access Control Lists
As you probably know, access control lists (ACLs in further text) are a means of providing firewall protection. Except the basic division on standard and extended ACLs, we distinguish between time-based, reflexive ACLs, turbo ACLs, and many other. The focus of this article are time-based ACLs, when should you use …
Read More »Understanding OSPF Areas
Whether you are preparing for the Cisco IP Routing exam or you are an experienced network engineer planning to implement the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol, you should familiarize yourself with the capability to divide your network into separate OSPF areas. Using multiple OSPF areas reduces the frequency …
Read More »Router Stuck in ROMmon Mode
If you have ever experienced the ROMmon mode problem, you probably came across one of the following: configuration register forced the router to go to ROMmon mode during the boot process corrupt image (IOS) on Flash (indicated by bad_checksum message) router was unable to find the IOS (either on Flash …
Read More »Understanding Access Control Lists (ACL)
Defining an access control list may seem a challenging and complex task, especially to those that have just delved into the world of computer networking and network security. The aim of this article is to explain the role of access control lists and basic concepts used to understand them. The …
Read More »Understanding VLANs and Routed VLAN Interface in Cisco Switch
VLANs are virtual LANs that is used to segregate broadcast domains in a layer 2 domain. Logically, VLANs allows you to setup multiple switches in a same physical switch. VLANs are used to isolate different types of traffic in IP networks like voice, data, management, web, and so on. Similarly, …
Read More »FHRP or “First Hop Redundancy Protocols”
First Hop Redundancy Protocols (a.k.a. FHRP) are used to allow gateway redundancy. In this article, we cover the basics of this technology, with practical examples of configurations. I’m amazed at how the approach of the CCNA certification has changed since the time I took my test and entered the Cisco world …
Read More »3 Tips For Seamless VoIP Integration
Companies seek out VoIP because it enables productivity. Telecom assets were once defined by barriers – the kind that encumbered countless enterprise professionals. Even when, say, the phone and email needed to be used at the same time, these functions were siloed on separate hardware. Transcribing a voicemail to text …
Read More »IP Addressing Part 1
Cisco CCNA Training: IP Addressing Part 1 Here’s a great video to help you get a better understanding of ip addressing.
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