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Cisco Troubleshooting

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019admin

Troubleshooting is about three big things: predicting what can happen, determining the anomalies, and investigating why that anomalies happened. Many network admins break down network infrastructure problems by analyzing the…Continue readingCisco Troubleshooting

Cisco Catalyst 2960G Switch Routing

January 23, 2018Len

The 2960G is a great gig switch that is being pulled from corporations and flooding the grey market. The switch is great for home lab use etc. Most people do…Continue readingCisco Catalyst 2960G Switch Routing

How to find IP of device connected to a Cisco Switch

August 16, 2017Len

if you spend any time working on networks you are going to come across the need to identify a device connected to a port on a switch. I use primarily…Continue readingHow to find IP of device connected to a Cisco Switch

Cisco IOS update How to

April 3, 2017April 3, 2017admin

If you work with Cisco gear then you need to keep your code updated to stay ahead of security pugs with IOS etc. I always forget a command or 2…Continue readingCisco IOS update How to

Change Internet Options / Connection Settings with VB Script or Power Shell

February 13, 2015February 13, 2015admin

Recently I needed to disable proxy settings on windows machines in a network. I was trying to remove an old proxy based web content filter (eeewww). I know it is…Continue readingChange Internet Options / Connection Settings with VB Script or Power Shell

Enabling 3rd party gbics /transceivers on Cisco switches

January 20, 2015January 23, 2015admin

I am sure you have installed a GBIC in a Cisco switch that was not manufactured by Cisco. and your switch no doubt shut down the SFP port and gave…Continue readingEnabling 3rd party gbics /transceivers on Cisco switches

Cisco CLI Command Cheat Sheet Switches and Routers IOS

January 13, 2015January 23, 2015admin

I have had many people ask me about commands on switches and I was going to make a cheat sheet but Erik Rodriguez did such a nice job I am…Continue readingCisco CLI Command Cheat Sheet Switches and Routers IOS

Run As a administrator script

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015admin

Most domain admins these days are following the very smart practice of using a normal user account for their day to day work and another for their domain admin tasks.…Continue readingRun As a administrator script

How To Disable SSL 2.0 (SSLV2) Enable SSL 3.0 Server 2008 /SBS 2008/SBS2011

December 5, 2014December 5, 2014admin

As most everyone has heard SSL 2.0 has been compromised. Most PCI certification authorities are requiring SSL 2.0 to be disabled. I am sure with poodle SSL 3.0 is not…Continue readingHow To Disable SSL 2.0 (SSLV2) Enable SSL 3.0 Server 2008 /SBS 2008/SBS2011

How-to : Integrating Cisco devices CLI access with Microsoft NPS/RADIUS

November 12, 2014November 12, 2014admin

Many times I came across one issue… how to grant access to CLI (Command Line Interface) on Cisco devices without creating separate username and password for each user on each…Continue readingHow-to : Integrating Cisco devices CLI access with Microsoft NPS/RADIUS