This section contains general information, tips and tricks, light reading, entertainment and other general fodder. Enjoy!
If you paid attention in science class, you probably remember something about our solar system being part of the Milky Way Galaxy. Most of you know I highly question the pictures of the Milky Way, but you can read more about that here. Kids today are going to learn about where the Milky Way fits […]
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If you own a Netbook or laptop, you may be surprised by the new default look of the latest Ubuntu release. I have tried to like it on my Netbook. I have completely complied with the neverending typing of application names to find my common apps. Some of my colleagues have reported horrible problems, but
Fixing the Ubuntu 11.x User Interface Read More »
Hi everyone! As most of our students and felow workers know, we love and have been avid users of GNS3 for several years now. We always try to help folks get started on this great free softwar. You can do/learn so much with/about Network Science by simply using GNS3, and the greatest part of it
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With more and more networking professionals tackling IPv6 and the changes incorporated into this next generation protocol, necessity requires that we look closely at the Internet Control Message Protocol as it has been highly modified for IPv6 support. The experiment outlined below will walk you through a packet capture that contains ICMPv6 packet exchanges. You
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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 With more and more networking professionals tackling IPv6 and the changes incorporated into this next generation protocol, necessity requires that we look closely at the Internet Control Message Protocol as
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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 We are often asked, how do you enable IPv6 on a computer? With all the various versions of operating systems out there, this is no simple answer. What we have
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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 As more and more people are discovering IPv6, there is a tendency to test and play with the technology. First, you can generically turn off IPv6 on an interface in
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In this article we will discuss using 6to4 Tunneling in your Windows machine. In order to do this, we will use a very popular “Tunnel Broker” Service provided by Hurricane Electric. 6to4 tunnels are a way to create a tunnel between two IPv6 end points (your computer and a web server) across the IPv4 network
Setting up a 6to4 Tunnel in Windows 7 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 Network Administrators often need to deploy new Access Control Lists or Firewall rules based on items they see and learn in packet captures. Wireshark makes this task very
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Folks are always asking me about the network of submarine cables that provide connectivity across the globe between continents and countries. This phenomenal system can be found on the Internet in a detail map that you can zoom into and out of as well as look for certain cables by clicking on the name.
A Map of the Submarine Cable System Read More »
OK – this may not be, but, I challenge you to find more: Click here and then click the download button Know of some missing – let us know!!
The Most Complete Emoticon Listing – EVER! Read More »
If you follow on Twitter (@awalding) or watch our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/CellStream-Inc/195612397117028) you already received my Tweet/Post about World IPv6 Launch Day. Just announced, the day will be June 6, 2012, just a little less than a year after World IPv6 Day last summer on June 8th, 2011. This is being organized by the Internet
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For historical and motivational purpose only – a transcript of the Declaration of Independence…. IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to
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World IPv6 day, occurred on June 8th, 2011, designed as a global-scale test flight of IPv6 and is sponsored by the Internet Society. On World IPv6 Day, major web companies and other industry players came together to enable IPv6 on their main websites for 24 hours. The goal is to motivate organizations across the industry
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In an article I recently read at thenextweb.com, someone inside Google headquarters ran a speed test. The results (if this is true and accurate) are mind boggling. When I first saw the graphic below, I had the same reaction as when I saw the Grand Canyon for the first time.
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