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Hi Guys,

I have a problem with accessing Netgear ReadyNAS from Windows 2008 domain controller.
it says \\192.168.0.201 is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network source. Contact the administrator of this server to...

I have 3 Cisco 1040 wireless Access Points that receive DHCP leases from a Fireware XTM firewall...   If I create single SSID on each (same SSIDs) my clients get an IP address from the DHCP server with no problem.

If I create two or more SSIDs...

I don't know if I'm going crazy or what, but I can't get DHCP to hand me an IP address on VLANs configured on a 2960 switch.  I've set this up many many times on 2950s, 3550s, 3750s, etc and it works.  For some reason this 2960 switch is not...

I've got a HP thin client T5565Z

I am having trouble connecting to our external server and so I am trying to update the certificates.

The problem i am having is how do I access Administrator mode on these thin clients.

When I power it...

Hi, can't find this in their 422 page "Management and Configuration Guide".
Anyone know what the default IP for this unit is?

Also If I have problems using the clear/reset buttons to put the switch into the factory defaults can I jump a cable...

Hi There,

We have a Cisco RV042 router at our office which has been operating OK for some time however I have been having several issues with the port forwarding. after following the logical process for opening ports it appears that the port...

I have a sonicwall tz200 and a Cisco RVS4000.  I had the VPN between sites working. Now it will not.  I have updated both devices to the latest firmware.  Does anyone have any tricks to making this work?

all settings match on both devices.

Hi,

I recently upgraded my TZ210 firmware and now I can not access an external VPN server  (via IPSec) from behind the firewall.  I figure that I have to set access rules and NAT Policies, but am unsure exactly what to set.  There seems to be...

I am trying to configure the NETScaler Load balancer to configure failover on SMTP. We were able to successfully configure it but the source port was coming through as an ip address of the netscaler. I reconfigured it to use the source IP of the...

I have an VPN between two offices.  IKE with shared secret.
from remote to main i can ping the sonicwall.  I can browse shares on a server and I can access the sonicwall webgui.
I can't ping anything on the main network.  

from main to...

I have a DVR that can be accessed through internet by entering   http://globalip:8082
Thats works fine.
In the DVR , in systems  setup window  ,I can see the DDNS setup details. EX: account name say abcd
According to the user manual I should...

Hi Everyone,

I have a Draytek 2820 in use as my gateway at my Office, it is configured to be the DHCP server in my main network, and all is working fine. I want to setup a test network on a second Vlan where I will be testing an SBS2011 server...

We've configured an FG110C in Interface Mode (not Switch Mode). We had to do this because we have 4 internet providers - one is a T1, 3 are DSL that we want to load balance with.

The T1 and the DSL's are used for completely different things....

Hi All,

We are currently using the Cisco VPN Client version 5.0.07.0410 with a Cisco ASA 5510.  This has all bee working fine but now Cisco are no longer supporting it we want to change to the Open Source Shrew Soft client.

I have installed...

I have a new switch that I want to configure.  It is an HP E2620-24.  What application on Windows Server 2008 would I use to access the switch and how is it done?  Thanks.

Hello,

I have a SonicWall NSA 2400 set up as a firewall and gateway to the internet. Two Links, one Cable and one Fiber (converted to Gigabit Ethernet, PPPoE). I use the Cable as a failover.

Everything works fine, but there is a performance...

Is there a way to show the current inbound percentage of L2 broadcasts on a switch interface? (per/sec)?

I ideally I would like to be able to show both the packets on the Trunk as well as well as any dot1q sub-interfaces.

Thanks.

Switch...

Sorry for having to ask this here but Cisco's convoluted web site is proving less than helpful.

My question is, if you DON'T have SmartNet on your equipment, is there a way to get IOS updates?  I'm assuming if you don't have coverage for say,...

I have an adapter that plugs into the PBX and one port says Elan and the other Tlan.

Traced back the Tlan and it goes to our lan switch.

We have a signaling server that connects to our lan switch and also to a switch that is marked Elan.
...

could you please share your experience ?

deciding which is better :

LinkSys EA4500
http://home.cisco.com/en-apac/products/routers/EA4500

or DrayTek Vigor 2850n...

I am looking for a hardware protection appliance for my small business.  I have had many issues with software on server driven solutions and looking for an affordable and direct hardware solution.  My business has four servers including a web...

A $500 piece of equipment that is a professional grade wireless router should be more stable than a $40 Wal-mart special.  That's not the case with my WatchGuard XTM 21-w.  I set up a Wireless SSID for the trusted network and set up one for the...

We have a new Fortigate 110C running current firmware.

Attached are the screen shots used to set up the VPN.  The VPN was setup using the GUI.

The link comes up but it does not pass traffic.  What am I doing wrong?

 Hello, dear Experts! I've successfully tried to deploy physical in-path deployment of my riverbed 550 and 1050 and now I am trying to implement virtual in-path configuration. My scheme and pieces of config on the picture. swbr and swhq it is a...

I setup a new Netgear N300 router and gave my business the defaults...basically nothing.  I need some assistance as far as setting up some type of security on this thing.  I turned on the wifi which comes predefined with a key, no problem there,...

once a image or bin file is uploaded to the 3750 how do you flash the device using that image?

Hi EE. I am trying to configure the Nexus 7K, version 5.1(5), to enable NTP, but I do not even get an option to turn the NTP feature set "on" when I use the "feature ?" on conf t.

What am I missing?

I am looking for a way to NAT 3 Internal IP addresses to a single External IP address.  I was told that there is potentially a way to do this using maybe DIP's, however I am unsure as to how?  Does anyone know off hand how this is done?
...

Hello EE:
I have a Cisco 2901 router that has a /30 address that it is using to get to the Internet.
I have addressed the gi0/0 interface with my private Network Address 10.11.6.X/24, I have addressed the gi0/1 interface with the IP I was...

Please see http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Networking_Hardware/Q_27591816.html

I disabled all my porcurve switches but begin to think I might better enable some like loop protection ...?
...

Hello All,

Very much a noob when it comes to BGP.

We have a new Wires Only EFM line that has been setup by our ISP.

We have been given the IP range and AS numbers but are struggling to get it configured.

Router config is as follows:-...

Hi All,

I am recieving the above error when sending to one domain [450 4.5.0 No recipient succeeded].  

The recipients exist, and I have sent / received a test email from an independent exchange server.  I have NO idea what is causing this...

I'm having serious problem to use a Polycom HDX 7000 and 8000 video conference behind a Juniper SSG-5 firewall. The Polycom endpoint seems to accept the call, but keeps calling and never connects indeed. Is there some kind of specific...

I'm looking to purchase a security appliance in the ballpark of $500 to add an extra layer of security at my office location. There are 50 internal users at the office, with an additional 50 external users on our network, at any given time. The...

I have been using a Netgear DG834PN RangeMax ADSL Modem Wireless Router 802.11g which apprently has a DSL modem integrated and supports PPPoE.

After much research on "routers" I just purchased a CISCO Linksys E-4200 Wireless-N Router which I...

Hello,

I'd like some professional opinions regarding 2 tech specs, which one would you choose and why.

Thanks.

Hi Experts,

We have a fleet of laptops - Toshiba Tecra R850 who connects wirelessly to an access point in the office, opening any web pages is noticably slower on these machines as opposed to when I use my personal Dell laptop, and others...

Greetings! I am just now getting a feel for MikroTik routers and would love to test out some rules for the thing. My first inclination is to have the router throttle streaming down during peak hours, so that people who are simply browsing the web...

EE:
I have a Cisco 2901 Router that is directly connected to my ISP, it is connected to a switch, and off that switch is another Router a Cisco 2921. Connected to the 2921 router are 4 dedicated T1 serial connections, with Networks being...

When connecting a pc directly to the fiber convertor, we have full connectivity without any dropped packets when we do a continuous ping to the other office. But, when we connect the fiber media convertor to the switch we have connectivity issues...

Hello,

I would like to know any free FTP server available so I can use it to update cisco / juniper switches and firewalls.

I am new to to this and I would like to test some devices.

Thanks,

Hi, I don't why I can find a longer ethernet stencil than the one I attached below but I can't. Basically, I like to add like 10 generic workstation icons off of it to complete my network visio diagram.  Please assist.

Hello, I need to get some help troubleshooting a site to site vpn between two Cisco PIX 501 Routers.  Neither Router has the web interface turned on and would like to perform all steps via the console access.  I have attached two files showing...

I am not familiar with the Netapp storage vault S500. I am looking to the experts to see my logs and tell me what they think. We had a power outage, the CMOS battery was changed (had E2 error). It's not booting (I think) properly. Here are the...

Hi,
wanted to know best way to set up a wireless connection from one office building to another where the distance between buildings is approximately 100yds.  Once connection is negotiated, is it best to use power over ethernet since inside the...

I'm having some trouble getting my Samsung TV to find my networked DLNA / UPNP media server. The TV and the media server are on two different interfaces on a watchguard. The proper rule (allow all tcp/udp) is in place between the two interfaces....

Recently I worked on an older Dell desktop that would not load web pages. It would give the message "This page cannot be displayed." It was hooked from the ISP's modem at 10Mbps.
I brought it to my shop, hooked it up and it worked fine. I was...

I am looking for a monitoring system that is preferrably free, but doesnt need to be free.

I'm looking to monitor some servers/workstations to make sure they are running and not frozen or anything. I also want to be able to get alerted if our...

I have a client that has an extensive security system with many (40 +) Honeywell HD3MDIP IP cameras. The security room has it's own DVRs and analytics servers for the house.

We are integrating the A/V and control of the house. I am trying to...

I'm trying to run Wireshark 1.6.5 to monitor all VLAN traffic going to the web by IP address through an HP Procurve 4208vl switch. The PC running Wireshark is in a switch port set to monitor the LAN-side switch port of the web filter.

I see...

I noticed recently that I noly had one path to my SAN volumes from each of my ESX hosts.
Equallogic is PS4000.
I went through hancocka's guid here for setting up the multiple paths:...

Hello everyone - Recently I was promoted from a desktop support tech to a network administrator due to circumstance and although I'm very supportive of my promotion I lack the fundamental knowledge necessary to keep me afloat.  What this question...

Hi experts,

I tried to config VPN site to site in Fortigate device by follow the Fortigate Guide, but it's seem missing something, kindly check.

Diagram:
Brand office lan: 192.168.1.0/24
Brand office ip: 113.161.72.82

HQ office lan:...

We are getting less than promised BW 10M bandwidth on ethernet connection, I understand that there is overhead involved. How much is the right amount of throughput BW a user should expect after factoring in the overhead?? Is there any standard...

Hello. I have a question to ask you.

Are there any real differences between wireless router grades regarding their efficiency of tasks and transmission rates in relation to their wireless productivity abilities when you have a household with 1...

So I have a Cisco 2610 Router that receives the main pipe of our ISP.

From that router I have it plugged to a Cisco 2950.

Now every once and a while or I should say it happens a lot, the port will be blinking green and steady just normal...

is there a difference? Aren't they the same thing? A "Dedicated" firewall still has to do some routing which is what a router does.

For all intended purposes can't one get a good consumer router/firewall combo and use it as dedicated firewall...

I have a ASA 5505 with the security plus license. I have created 3 vlans. 1. Outside sec level set to 0. 2. Inside with a security level of 100 with a network of 192.168.10.0 and  the third vlan is 192.169.20.0 with a security level of 100. I...

I'm getting ready to deploy a cisco 3750-X switch and I'm looking to download the newest IOS software to make sure my switch is on the latest version. I found the 3750-X in the downloads list but it's asking me for some other letters. It's a 48...

Hi All,
I am in a bit of a quandary.  I have a client who had Verizon business internet service.  They changed over to Comcast business class internet about 6 months prior to my taking them on as a client.  When they were with Verizon, they had...

I have an old ThinkPad A31p (Type: 2653-H5U). I recently nuked the Win2K install, formatted the boot disk and started again. I'm at the point where I need to choose a driver for the network adapter. I have an adapter that is part of the Intel...

So I have a cell phone tied to a Google Voice number and I need to have an alternative for answering calls at home since my reception is horrible there. And I should also mention that I don't have a land line but I do have Internet

Is there a...

We have a server inside our network that we want to port forward port 80 and 443 to.  When I try to forward port 443 I get this error:

static (inside,outside) tcp interface https 10.9.1.20 https netmask 255.255.255.255
ERROR: unable to...

Hello!

We have a client that needs to connect their internal LAN with two external networks: the Internet and a private hospital network. The network layout is pretty simple:

Outside Interface: Internet - FastEthernet0 - 192.168.3.1/29...

Hi, I have two Cisco RV042's with the most current firmware. Both have configured proper gateway to gateway connections and the connection is active.

Inside the router(s) I can use the diagnostics ping to ping anything on the remote network. ...

Looking for a good no frills driver download site that may have the Atheros L2 onboard nic driver. Thanks in advance!

There are quite a few answers that "sort of" help me with this question here but nothing that I've found that EXACTLY answers, so my apologies ahead of time if this has already been answered and I've missed it..

To the question:

My firm is...

Hi,

I live in house A
My neighbor lives in house B
His neighbor lives in house C

I want to make a LAN connection from house A to house C

We each have our own Internet provider and this must remain the same

I have a NAS @ house A and...

Can someone give me detailed answer on what this is, what it's used for and possibly a link to further explain this?  If It has something to do with acting as a logical network connection or software channel that acts like a physical adapter...

What's the lowest cost Cisco router and swtich that could provide QoS function ? Actually, I need to identify packet based on protocols (https:, ftp, ) .

Is there any sample configuration that could show how to classify each class and apply...

I need a script that I can run to append to add multiple entries to the host files on my network.

The current script I use is

 

Up until we started using windows 7 this script functioned. After we updated to windows 7 however anytime...

Hello Experts,

I have two projects where I am linking two buildings for data. I will be using pre-terminated 62.5 multimode fiber. I was thinking of going with SC connectors because this seems to be the standard lately but I can use another...

Hello, I have the simple task of upgrading a Cisco 2106 Wireless LAN Controller to a 2112. From what I can tell they are identical, with the exception that the 2112 allows allows the management of twice as many APs (12 instead of 6).

My...

Hello there,

Does anyone know some basic tutorial on how to configure juniper firewalls. I have the hardware and I would like to play with it using a console cable.

Any help will be appreciated.

It's a while since i've tinkered with our network and i'm a bit out of touch so i was wondering if someone could answer the following questions Any links to more info would be gratefully appreciated.

1. Is 1Gbps running on Cat5e / Cat 6 still...

I have some new out of the box Cisco 7960G phones.

They are first generation and still have an extremely old version of the SCCP firmware on them. They will not connect to our call manager because of this.

I am attempting to upgrade these...

Many of my systems have Intel Gigabit NIC cards where I can adjust the Transmit Buffers and Receive Buffers.  The default is 256, but the number can be raised as high as 2048.  I am trying to increase throughput to a network disk on a local...

I need to split the traffic at a remote wan site. I'd like all the port 80 and 443 traffic to go out to the Internet and all other traffic to flow between the site and HQ using our VPN tunnel. I am a complete newbie when it comes to Cisco...any...

Hello,
I am wondering if there is a very friendly cisco guru out there who can help me out.  I am trying to switch out a cisco pix 501 firewall with a cisco ASA 5505 firewall.  I am not very familiar with all of the commands for the firewalls...

Hello,
   We just received a 3560 in today. We are going to be hooking up 20 cameras to this switch which need to feed into 2 desktops and 2 servers. I am looking for the foillowing
1) Which ports need multicasting
2) Can they ALL have...

Hello there,

i am not a network expert but I am pretty good at other things… ;-)
I have got an ISP who has a SonicWall NSA2400 with OS SonicOS Enhanced 5.0.2.0-17o.

internet -> my ISP (sonicwall) -> my own firewall (watchguard) on their...

I recently purchased the above router, I a running verizon FIOS, no problems internally and no roblems to the internet.  When I go to create an inbound policy,(Port forwaring) the port never opens.  Does anyone know off the top of their head...

All,
Running a small network consisting of SBS w/exchange and several clients all behind a PIX 515 running 6.3(5). We changed ISP which requires changing outside interface ip settings on Cisco pix. We cannot ping to outside world from router or...

hello Expert
in our company, some users bring a wireless hub connect to network, so that they using WIFI on cell phone or iPad etc, i just want to know does it possible block this?
all end user desk port are connecting to several Cisco 2950...

Hi

I recently moved my office in my basement
my computer can get the wifi signal no problem
But my terminal to process credit card is supposed to be wired to the internet

Since I move all my office I would need a few hundred feet of...

Hi Experts,
I had my laptop stolen on a recent trip, but I have the MAC address.

I was wondering if I can monitor the internet somehow to identify when my computers MAC address (Assuming the Crim is dumb enough not to change it) logs onto a...

I have a ZyXel p-660R-ELNK modem that earthlink ISP sent me when I signed up with them and then later I switched to AT&T (at that time it was belllsouth).  The Modem that AT&T sent me went out and I need to purchase a new one.  AT&T wants to...

what ever I ping on my laptop, if it does not exist. i get this response 63.251.207.31. How can get rid of this

We have been supplied with CISCO 887V-K9 routers as the 877 wireless router in now end of life.  Basic configuration is proving difficult - just attempting to configure for a basic connection to our ADSL line (nevermind the wireless side). Has...

It was brought to my attention that an IDF could be in a Data Room but a Data Room can not be in an IDF.

Some definitions on the web refer to Intermediate distribution frame but I always thought it was Independent Distribution Facility?

Is...

Hi,
I need some advice and a direction.
Our network is comprised of 4 seperate locations. We use AT&T Managed network between buildings.

We have a PC (Workstation) at one location that acts as a server for a particular software package, but...

HI All,

we have a sbs2011 box witch was working ...

then we added an untangle box and are unable to access the sbs 2011 box via remote.domain.co.uk

on the untangle box ports 80,443,1723 are forwarded (via networking) open
on the...

I understand that there is close to 7% overhead with ethernet traffic, and so the port average shaping traffic has an affect of 7% less traffic. I came across the following command in cisco:

hw-module slot slot-number qos account layer2...

Hello All,

I manage a network that has Quintum devices that provide analogue to SIP conversion. The ASA 5510 is constantly flagging this device as sending SYN scans. The Quintum is on an internal trusted DMZ (through the ASA 5510). How do I...

Please tell me what the difference is between

cisco ios 12.2.58 -SE2   versus   cisco ios 12.2.58 -SE1

The "se" number is the only difference

thanks!

Our cable internet frequently fails and we have backup from the phone company which is much slower.  Their is an appliance that will automatically switch when one service goes down but I don't know what it is called.  Any ideas?

I have a Cisco 1721 that I need to install a VWIC T1 card in but for some reason the router is not seeing the card. It has the WIC 1 OK light on under the card but when I do a sh run it does not show the card. Is there something I need to do to...

I need to create a redundant ring style connection between a few switches, as follows:

Main Rack will have 2 switches (01.A and 01.B) connected to each other

Rack 2 will have 2 switches (02.A and 02.B) connected to each other

I need it...