Re: Application Intelligence in the Network
I'm not personally sold on the whole SDN thing. Whether I actually have to do anything with SDN, well, time will tell.Does Cisco's announcement of their offering change anything? Yes: They'll get...
View ArticleRe: What tips and tricks do you have for networking?
pretty new to the game so i don't really have many tricks but as far as tips; dont be afraid to ask questions, but before you ask research so you can ask the right question. also pay attention to the...
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There is another trick that I have used that is worth sharing. In the past, I managed a team and we all used SecureCRT as our terminal software. Since we all shared and supported the same devices, I...
View ArticleRe: I Don't See the Point of IPAM
I never got Windows 2012 working correctly. We have some crazy group policies that prevent IPAM from auto provisioning. On a side note, I hate spread sheets. Only one person can work in Excel at a...
View ArticlePossible to find source of broadcast traffic?
If i see broadcast traffic on my switch ports at certain times of the day, is there a quick method i can use to search the switch for its source? We have NPM 10.6I am seeing 7.5 MG traffic on all ports...
View ArticleRe: What network support and troubleshooting are in your software toolkit?
Solar Winds: NPM,Syslog Server,& Netflow Analyzer,TFTP Server, Wireshark,Fiddler, Putty, Dameware, Axence Net Tools,
View ArticleRe: The Firewall Management Landscape
You should really consider looking at some of the next generation firewall such as Checkpoint or Palo Alto. Cisco ASAs are a thing of the past.
View ArticleRe: What tips and tricks do you have for networking?
Try to get switches that are capable of doing a tcpdumps so you can trouble shoot problems further with programs like wireshark if needed. If your switch doesn't support this feature it's nice to have...
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IN this same vein- I have a SW report take our switch hostnames and return lines likealias xyza01='ssh xyz-er1-as01'for all the switches- copy paste into my bash aliases file and now I just need to...
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Re: What tips and tricks do you have for networking?
Color coding your cabling is a great idea that has helped me in the past. Sometimes I've just been the remote pair of hands for someone, and other times I've been the person troubleshooting. It is...
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I've gotta put a +1 on that Janitor Principal.There's been more than once when venting to my wife about my day that I've had a realization while trying to explain the issues to her.
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We do the same thing with Cabling, which is color coding it for remote sites and for our Data Centers. We also have diagrams for remote sites, that show how to connect all cables on the network...
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In a multi-VLAN environment separate cable colours are again a huuuuuge help!
View ArticleRe: What tips and tricks do you have for networking?
Good point of one-thing-at-a-time troubleshooting. To build on that, I usually ask "What changed" when I get involved in a call to fix something. Many times you can figure things out by that simple...
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Agreed. On longer runs I usually also try to label the cables along the way. Makes tracing cables on long-haul runs much easier. Thanks!
View ArticleRe: What tips and tricks do you have for networking?
I label, then pull the cable; as the last thing I want it to have both ends 75 feet apart and not be able to see which cable moves when I pull at one end( to see which label goes where). Lay those...
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always start with the easiest thing first
View ArticleRe: What tips and tricks do you have for networking?
Probably Networking 101 but easy to forget: Always follow the ISO layer model when troubleshooting. I've had (and seen) more than one instance where troubleshooting started at some higher layer, only...
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Re: What tips and tricks do you have for networking?
one trick for this is to insist that all new cables are installed underneath old cables. Now when that old thick ethernet cable needs to be pulled out it's probably the one on top. If you install new...
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