Tips
Tips
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Personalizing your enterprise: a one-to-one approach to customer interaction
Personalization technologies can help enterprises cultivate customer loyalty. Continue Reading
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Securing the FTP service on HP-UX: Intro to the ftpaccess file
Today, HP-UX supports additional security methods. Continue Reading
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Know your split-tunnel "gotchas"
The good and the bad of turning on split tunnels for your VPN. Continue Reading
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VPN RRI with HSRP
Improve efficiency and resiliency in your VPN. Continue Reading
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RSVP problems
Don't rely on Reservation protocol (RSVP) to handle connection admission control. It can't all the time. Continue Reading
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Output Netstat to text file
In an addendum to a previous tip, one of our users points out the ability to send Netstat output to a file. Continue Reading
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Windows 2000 port forwarding
This tip discusses how you can put servers inside your firewall and still access them from the Internet in Windows 2000. Continue Reading
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Managing network traffic during backups
If you can't perform backups after hours, one solution might be to do incremental backups. Continue Reading
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Using private IP addresses to evade detection
This tip has got an IP security trick. Continue Reading
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Accessing the Windows partition from Linux
Try this easy way for an administrator working in a Linux partition of a system to access another partition running Windows. Continue Reading
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Disabling UDP checksums
Tom Lancaster takes a look at an often overlooked way to soup up your network. Continue Reading
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Wireless LAN requirements
Thinking of going wireless? Find out what you need to consider in planning for a wireless network. Continue Reading
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Internet standards bodies
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Successful telework hinges on infrastructure
Telework is gaining ground as companies offer their employees more flexible working environments. To have a productive telework program, IT managers must be aware of the challenges and provide the necessary changes in infrastructure and support. Continue Reading
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Using the router to find TCP/UDP ports
Here's a quick tip to help you figure out which TCP/UDP ports are being used by an application. Continue Reading
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A Bluetooth network topology with class
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Selecting a routing protocol
How do you pick the protocols you want to use for routing? This tip discusses selection criteria. Continue Reading
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Use MRTG to monitor your managed network
The Multi-Router Traffic Grapher can help you to monitor your entire managed network. Continue Reading
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Checking the interface with netstat
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Troubleshooting with the arp command
How can you find out if where your network problems originate? One way is to use the ARP command. Continue Reading
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Advantages of dynamic routing
Learn how dynamic routing cab help you achieve better scalability and adaptability. Continue Reading
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Troubleshooting with the ifconfig command
Sometimes you just can't connect, and nothing you do seems to work. How can you find out what's wrong? Check out this tip. Continue Reading
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Advantages of static routing
This tip explains why you might want to choose static routing over dynamic routing. Continue Reading
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Benefits and costs of multi-protocol routing
The networking world is inevitably converging on Internet Protocol, but there are some other protocols to consider. Continue Reading
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The ping command
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Redundant links
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What is Softswitch?
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Scavenging stale records
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Optimizing network administration processes
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Performing intrusion analysis
This tip discusses how you would go about analyzing intrusion-detector reports. Continue Reading
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Understanding a tribal flood attack
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The importance of the subnet mask
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AC or DC?
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Using ifconfig to change interface configuration