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We get this question often:  I am new to Telecom, or I just started at a service provider, and I need to learn Telecom basics – how can I come up to speed? This is a GREAT question – and the truth is: you need to get up to speed. The more you understand the […]
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Great question! One I have received many queries on lately. Let’s get some terms out of the way first: ACI = This stands for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, so it is not one thing, but rather a collection of things. From the Cisco ACI web page: Cisco ACI consists of: The new Cisco Nexus 9000 Series
How does Cisco APIC and ACI fit in the SDN world? Read More »
Check out these great references as well: Our custom profiles repository for Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireless Packet capture This is a commonly asked question that usually results from users learning the can have different profiles after they have spent months constantly changing the default profile! Luckily
How do I reset my “Default” profile in Wireshark? Read More »
This is a great question. The latest list (when this was written) is: Arp – Displays and modifies entries in the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache, which contains one or more tables that are used to store IP addresses and their resolved Ethernet or Token Ring physical addresses. There is a separate table for each Ethernet
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In short, things are advancing quickly. Readers may also be interested in watching the Senate hearing on the subject. http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=fc757765-b147-4f14-9e01-754721a5cffd&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a Further, I offer the following: Dear OPASTCO Member, Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) delivered its first Notice of Inquiry (NOI) and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the recommendations concerning the high-cost
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This procedure has moved from our Online School and is now described in an article at this site. We actually have several articles! Here is the original article: click here. Here is an article on securing Wi-Fi in your home or small business:Â Click here to browse the article! I hope you find this article
Where can I find the information on securing a home network? Read More »
Yes. This is a great idea and you can find details right here.
Where can I find the article/information on re-use of old computers? Read More »
Great question received just before the holidays. The security of software is paramount, especially in any communications systems (routers, switches, servers). We are all fimiliar with “patch Tuesdays” as efforts to thwart security holes in software are a constant. Surprisingly, few Computer Science majors include skills on secure coding. Furthermore, policies and procedures to ensure
Where can I find information on writing secure code? Read More »
Check out these additional IPv6 Resources: Our IPv6 overview course at Udemy Our IPv6 Custom Profiles for Wireshark Our IPv6 classes at the Online School Hi, and sorry for the delay in responding! It IS a broad question, and I have hesitated to respond, my mind flooded with the numerous issues that a broad question
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Part of the answer is in your question: it is a protocol, and it stands for Locator/ID Separation Protocol. The use of LISP is targeted at deployment of virtual systems, and the movement/management of those systems/resources (such as Virtual Machines) across networks to other places such as other data centers. LISP really answers the question
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It is not possible to give a one sentence answer to this great question. But I will answer it and provide a great video to watch that explain the implications of it – take a deep breath: In a nut shell, Software Defined Networking, or SDN, is a network manager defined and network manager controlled
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Great questions! I think the best way to answer the question is to describe what each one is. I will start with Cisco ONE. Cisco ONE ONE stands for “Open Network Environment”. The idea is to allow programmability of the network and the network elements. This allows for consistency across both physical and virtual network
What is Cisco ONE and Cisco OnePK? Read More »
On April 18th 2018 Microsoft published (for the first time ever?) a complete command line reference. It is a 248 page PDF document. You can download it here. Here is my quick list of commands you can run from the Windows Command Line: (START> RUN> CMD) ADDUSERS Add or list users to/from a CSV file
What commands can you run from the Windows Start> Run> CMD? Read More »
This is a very common question. First, we must warn of the difference between theoretical speed and actual speed. You have probably heard this a million times, but there are so many factors that can affect wireless throughput. I won’t go into them here so I can stay on the subject. 802.11n is a three-spatial-stream
What are the wireless speeds for 802.11n 802.11ac and 802.11ad? Read More »
We have met many people who are considering virtualization of servers in a number of different scenarios. Some of these folks are just getting started with virtualization, which can be a big change in light of shrinking budgets and limited supporting infrastructure such as shared storage. Some folks have already done some virtualization and are
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