Network Management Strategies for the CIO
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Wireless bandwidth monitoring: Staying within data caps
Wireless network bandwidth monitoring is important for users who must remain within data caps that are often broken by smartphone/tablets and cloud services.
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Wi-Fi and LAN: Simultaneous network connections issue
Wi-Fi and LAN connections may be difficult to run together using Windows XP and Windows 7, yet Wireless Expert, Lisa Phifer offers advice on simultaneous network connections.
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Performance routing solution to ease traffic issues
When facing issues with MPLS VPN services, such as slowness, outages and application timeouts, a performance routing solution may help improve Layer 3 VPN problems.
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Ensuring wireless PCI compliance
Ensuring wireless PCI compliance requires attention to network components, how these devices are connected, and may require some network reconfiguration.
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Ad hoc network creation: Overcoming hotspot competition
Ad hoc network creation is rising due to personal wi-fi hotspots from smartphones and computers. Addressing its impact on your WLAN is key to overcoming potential interference.
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When military radar causes fixed broadband wireless int
Military radar may cause fixed broadband wireless interference. This expert tip explains tests and ideas to check if this is the case and how to address this interference.
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Fixing CRC errors in a wireless router coverage area
Distance between devices may cause interference in your wireless router coverage area and CRC errors to pop up. This expert tip offers advice for fixing CRC errors.
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Unauthorized network access: A network security threat?
Unauthorized network access from a corporate neighbor or employee poses a serious network security threat and is considered theft of service. This tip explains why.
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Wireless connection policy: Deciding cellular vs. WiFi
Trying to decide cellular vs. Wi-Fi for mobile devices? An enterprise wireless connection policy will help steer mobile devices to the right network.
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Enterprise network testing strategies with the experts
SearchNetworking.com’s new experts, Tom Kunath and Andy Sholomon, discuss network testing strategies for the enterprise at Cisco Live 2011.
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Providing fastest Internet sharing speed for clients
Lindi Horton explains how to provide the fastest Internet sharing speed to a client when many users are trying to access the internet as well as potential issues and solutions.
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Wi-fi replacing Ethernet? An expert weighs in
Wireless expert, Lisa Phifer addresses a query regarding Wi-Fi replacing Ethernet. Lisa provides analysis, advantages and disadvantages, and future expectations of both.
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Cisco 1200 series are both thick and thin access points
Are Cisco 1200 access points operated in “thick” or autonomous mode or as a thin AP, a lightweight access point that is controlled by a central controller? An expert explains.
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Multiple access point configuration: Determine signals
Lisa Phifer explains multiple access point configuration when a device tries to differentiate transmitted signals from each point and explains potential issues.
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Advantages of DNS Made Easy
Network Administration expert, Lindi Horton provides her expertise on advantages of DNS, and provides an example of a reliable and flexible DNS service.
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Expert advice for file server troubleshooting
Network administration expert, Lindi Horton answers a query regarding file server troubleshooting. She explains potential reasons for file server issues, and things to check to solve the problem.
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Concurrent connection issues: Wireless and wired
Wireless expert, Lisa Phifer explores concurrent connection issues and remedies with a printer requiring a wired connection plugged into a computer with a wireless connection to the Internet.
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Connecting hosts in different subnets: Expert tips
Network administration expert, Lindi Horton explains the concept of connecting hosts in different subnets. She elaborates on what you will need and how you will need to execute the connection.
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Packet vs. circuit switching: Differences explained
Network administration expert, Lindi Horton answers a query regarding packet vs. circuit switching in regards to data networks by using an analogy to help explain the concept of both.
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Installing multiple network services to one server
Network Administration expert, Lindi Horton explains installing multiple network services to one server, and shortcuts to take to ensure all work together successfully.
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Pros and cons of integrated appliances
Integrated appliances incorporate storage, processing and networking into one single product. But are they always a good choice?
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Provisioning IT services with the cloud
Using public cloud services requires diligent enterprise IT management of the cloud provider to make it a success.
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Should you ever not use a firewall?
There are many new network security devices on the market today. Expert Chris Partsenidis opines on whether these can replace firewalls.
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