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Windows Servers

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This article provides a comprehensive guide to deploying Active Directory and DNS Services on Windows Server 2022, encompassing the Essential, Standard, and Datacenter editions. Our guide also includ…

OpManager - Network Monitoring & Management

Ensuring Enterprise Network Readiness for Mobile…

Demands for Enterprise networks to properly support mobile users is on a continuous rise making it more than ever necessary for IT departments to provide high-quality services to its users. This arti…

VPN Services & Guides

What is a VPN? VPNs for Beginners - Everything Y…

What is a VPN? VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a well-known acronym amongst regular internet users. Initially used within businesses to securely connect to the corporate network, nowadays it’s bein…

Netflow

Complete Guide to Netflow: How Netflow & its Comp…

This article will cover the basics of Netflow, including its use cases, Netflow supported devices, Netflow history, and variants. We’ll also dive into the technical details of how the Netflow protoco…

Network Protocols

IPv6 - Analysing the IPv6 Protocol Structure and…

As discussed in the previous tutorial, we were made painfully aware that we were running out of IP address spaces and literally did in 2011. A new proposal or RFC was released for creation of a new…

TCP - UDP Protocol Analysis

TCP Header Anaylsis - Section 3: TCP Header Lengt…

The third field under close examination is the TCP Header length. There really isn't that much to say about the Header length other than to explain what it represents and how to interpret its values…

Subnetting

IP Subnetting - Part 5: Subnetting Guidelines

There is always that day when you are called upon to provide a solution to a network problem. The number of problems that can occur in a network are numerous and believe it or not, most of them can b…

Linux - Unix

Configuring Linux to Act as a Firewall - Linux IP…

What exactly is a firewall? As in the non-computer world, a firewall acts as a physical barrier to prevent fires from spreading. In the computer world too, the firewall acts in a similar manner, only…

Network Fundamentals

Next-Gen Firewalls & Topologies. Designing & Buil…

Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) and DMZ zones are two critical components of network security that work hand in hand to protect an organization's network from external threats. Firewalls act as a b…

Network Fundamentals

Power over Ethernet - Understanding PoE Technolog…

Power over Ethernet (PoE) was invented by PowerDsine back in 1997 and the first power injector (Midspan) was installed in 1998! Many manufacturespartnered with PowerDsine to make useof this innovatio…

Cisco Services & Technologies

Fix Cisco VPN Client Break After Windows 10 Anniv…

Windows 10 latest update 1607 code named Anniversary update promises to introduce a number of significant enhancements including breaking your trustworthy Cisco IPSec VPN client. After installing the…

Linux - Unix

Configuring Linux Samba (SMB) - How to Setup Samb…

Resource sharing, like file systems and printers, in Microsoft Windows systems, is accomplished using a protocol called the Server Message Block or SMB. For working with such shared resources over a…