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DNS for a wireless network: Router Expert
DNS services are essential for building a secure wireless LAN. Our Router Expert provides complete instructions for setting up a DNS server, including implementing BIND, configuring a non-authoritative server and creating zone files. Tip
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Blocking IPs
I have a T1 connection to my Cisco 2620, along with a public IP block of 255 IP's. I want to block some selected IP's from accessing the outside world Ask the Expert
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Bandwidth for video over IP may skyrocket
Video was a hot topic of conversation at the Cisco Networkers annual customer conference, with the uses for it as varied as the attendees. Several network architects and engineers are already experimenting with video and factoring it into their futur... Article
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Security and the TCP/IP stack
Each layer of TCP/IP has security mechanisms, protocols, and applications. This tip describes the more popular ones that are associated with each layer of TCP/IP. Tip
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The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference
This chapter describes some of the key operating fundamentals of TCP beginning with a discussion of how TCP handles data and introduces the concepts of streams, segments, and sequences. Further it describes the most important applications that use TC... Chapter Download
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Cisco PIX firewall configuration from scratch
Cisco PIX firewall configuration is discussed in this step-by-step tip. Learn how to configure a new PIX, out of the box. You will configure passwords, IP addresses, network address translation (NAT) and basic firewall rules. Tip
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Freeware captures raw sockets and TCP/IP packets
SmartSniff allows you to capture TCP/IP packets that pass through your network adapter, and view the captured data as sequence of conversations between clients and servers. Tip
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channel-associated signaling (CAS)
Channel-associated signaling (CAS) is signaling (for example, in a T-carrier system line) in which control signals, such as those for synchronizing and bounding frames, are carried in the same channels as voice and data signals... (Continued) Definition
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Dynamic and static routing
The pros and cons associated with dynamic and static routing. Ask the Expert
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Routing versus routed protocols and the CCNA
Many networking professionals don't really know what a routing protocol is or does. There are those who also couldn't tell you the difference between a routing protocol and a routed protocol. If you are working as a network engineer or preparing to t... Quiz
Network Management Strategies for the CIO