With the introduction of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client in the last few years and the slow depreciation of their VPN client, many companies are in a situation of trying to decide when to make the move from the older client to the newer one. This article will provide a quick review of the […]
Once a Windows DNS server is up and has been configured with a forward and reverse lookup zone it is ready to be configured with DNS records. This article will start with a brief overview of the primary types of DNS records and will then walk through the configuration of basic DNS record types in […]
When initially installing and configuring Windows DNS server, one of the first tasks to perform is the creation of forward lookup zones (and possibly reverse lookup zones). In plain speak, this is when the domains that will be served by this DNS server will be configured. For the purposes of providing the reader enough knowledge […]
The Domain Name System (DNS) protocol has long been the foundation of a useable network (and Internet) experience. With the introduction of Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) the use of DNS became even more important. This article take a look at how to install the DNS Server role in Windows Server 2012 Standard edition. To read […]
For a long time the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol has been the foundation of a useable network (and Internet) experience. With the introduction of Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD), the use of DNS became even more important. This article is the first part in a multi-part look at DNS. Today I’ll walk you through how […]
The term virtual or virtualization is becoming more and more common in the overall IT marketplace. However, when people hear the terms, they typically relate it to client and server virtualization, since those have been around for some time and are considered mature by most people in the IT field. But a newer virtualization type […]
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is widely deployed in networks throughout the world, and its successor OSPFv3 is taking over the same segment with IPv6. Given that, OSPF will be around for some time. The concepts behind both versions of OSPF are very similar. Because of this, only OSPFv2 (IPv4) will be used for examples […]
This article is the second in a series about Network Address Translation (NAT). In the first article, Introduction to Network Address Translation, I went over the basics of the purpose of NAT along with some of the different methods of implementation. This article takes a look at how to put these different methods into practice, […]
In a well-organized networking department, documentation should exist to allow any network engineer to quickly look up those devices that are connected to each switch port throughout the organization. There are a number of different software options that help in the process of mapping these various devices to switch ports. When used, the likelihood of […]
When you’re trying to block certain sites from within a network there are a couple of different things to consider: Is the purpose to just restrict access to a company website, or is the purpose to block everything from a whole site or company? The process is a little different depending on the answer to […]
