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A Review of The Ooma VoIP Internet Phone
Ooma is a startup voice over IP service; betting all their chips on the idea of offering a mostly-free telephone system. Since late 2009 the service has been convincing techies that they can save a heap of money on their phone bill: the VoIP equivalent of what Geico is to car insurance. Do I Really [...]
24Aug2010 | admin | 11 comments | Continued
Free Cisco Poster Offer
World Data Products, a hardware lifecycle management company based in Minnesota, caught my eye with their free Cisco poster offer. Not one to pass up geeky wall memorabilia, I sent them my contact information here. It only took about two minutes to fill out the form and have it queued for mailing. Around a month [...]
6Mar2010 | admin | 4 comments | Continued
Configure A Router With Packet Tracer
Computer networking professionals getting started with Packet Tracer may find the interface to be flustered. Being a development program, this is only natural. However, learning how to configure a router with Packet Tracer will put professionals on the right track to mastering the program in about half an hour. By this time, you should already [...]
8Jan2010 | admin | 47 comments | Continued
Download Packet Tracer 5 For Free
Packet Tracer 5 is a software suite used to train computer-networking students for CCNA certification. Its primary aim is towards students that don’t have constant access to a Cisco network of devices. It comes standard with tutorials, help topics, and troubleshooting tips that are present in every layer of the OSI model. Packet Tracer 5 [...]
16Dec2009 | admin | 74 comments | Continued
Enable Passwords On Cisco Routers Via Enable Password And Enable Secret
Security is a part of every good technical administrator’s game plan. Luckily the good folks at Cisco have made the task of securitizing a Cisco router fairly straightforward in design- with support given for up to five types of passwords. Taking advantage of these passwords is vital to a network’s internal security, and should be [...]
29May2008 | admin | 14 comments | Continued
How a Broadcast Address Works
Imagine you’re Paul Revere, riding from Boston to Lexington to warn citizens that the redcoats were coming. He may not be as fast as computer networks today, but Paul Revere was essentially acting much like a broadcast would- he was relaying his message to the entire town of Lexington. A broadcast, in particular, is a [...]
13Feb2008 | admin | 28 comments | Continued
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Definition
Let’s imagine you’re a system administrator at a large company. You are implementing a new network of several hundred computers. All is fine and well until you realize: you have to manually input every single IP address, subnet mask, and gateway settings onto every single computer. You’re paid well, but maybe not that well. For [...]
11Feb2008 | admin | 10 comments | Continued
An Introduction to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Let’s imagine you’re a system administrator at a large company. You are implementing a new network of several hundred computers. All is fine and well until you realize: you have to manually input every single IP address, subnet mask, and gateway settings onto every single computer. You’re paid well, but maybe not that well. For [...]
5Feb2008 | admin | 20 comments | Continued
Securing Cisco Routers with No IP Directed-Broadcast
One of several overlooked commands that can produce a world of hurt for networks is the IP Directed-broadcast command. This command was introduced in Cisco’s routers at IOS version 10. Cisco soon realized that this command was being maliciously exploited in denial of service attacks, and action had to be taken- particularly against smurf attacks. [...]
3Feb2008 | admin | 9 comments | Continued
An Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration
Configuring a router sounds like a tough task. Routers are capable of sending and routing data on a dynamic level- no easy feat. But with this article we are only getting our feet wet. We will take a look at how we connect to a router via the console port and setup a HyperTerminal session [...]
2Feb2008 | admin | 5 comments | Continued
