Tips

Tips

Campus area network

• Diagrams - part 2

  Combining logical and physical components on your network diagrams can be confusing, but by layering your diagrams you can represent everything on one diagram.  Continue Reading

• Network diagrams and documentation: Part 1

  Network diagrams and documentation are the topics of this tip on keeping your network organized.  Continue Reading

• Total print management

  Some hints for managing your network printers and also what to look for in management software.  Continue Reading

• Good fences may result in poor 802.11a performance

  Why are we still more gung-ho on 802.11g as a primary alternative than 802.11a technology? The main reason is the compatibility issue.  Continue Reading

• Netsh

  A command line utility for Windows systems.  Continue Reading

• 802.1x - not just for wireless?

  A look at how you can use 802.1x protocol to authenticate on a LAN.  Continue Reading

• Bottom up approach to network troubleshooting

  Last week we covered the top down approach to troubleshooting, this week we look at bottom up network troubleshooting.  Continue Reading

• Cooking with Cisco: Frame Relay traffic shaping

  This article shows how to use Frame Relay traffic shaping to ensure that the router doesn't overrun the capacity of the individual PVCs in a Frame Relay WAN.  Continue Reading

• Buying license management software

  A look at some of the options and things to look for when buying license management software.  Continue Reading

• The network's down - Top down approach to troubleshooting

  This article explains some of the methodologies used in using the top down approach to network troubleshooting.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise buyers call for security, accountability in wireless products

  The economy finally seems to be picking up, and mobile and wireless vendors are slowly sticking their heads out to see if the long, hard winter is finally coming to an end.  Continue Reading

• Shrinking backup windows

  New options are available for those enterprises that are finding nights and weekend backup diminishing.  Continue Reading

• Intel IXP425/IXP420 network processors and performance analysis of 802.11 broadband routers and acce

  Intel Corp. commissioned The Tolly Group to benchmark the performance of several 802.11 wireless gateways that utilize the Intel IXP425 and the Intel IXP420 network processors.  Continue Reading

• Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Chapter 1

  This chapter identifies the key metrics that are used to evaluate the performance of computer networks.  Continue Reading

• Getting DNS statistics and information

  A command line tool that can help you diagnose DNS issues.  Continue Reading