The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a necessary tool for every network administrator. You can easily configure it with just a few commands. SNMP is still the most popular way to monitor ...

Many administrators forget—or don't even realize—that they can configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on Cisco IOS routers and switches. David Davis discusses the pros and cons of this ...

When a network router doesn't have enough network ports to connect all the necessary devices, a switch can be used to add additional ports. In the case of business networks, switches are often ...

A bunch of networking products are launched every week in our gruesome networking products market and all of them try to come up with something new for the consumers. Digisol sent us four of the best ...

- Windows 10 VM running on ESXi Server (connected to vmnic1, port 6 on TP-Link) - OPNsense Firewall VM running on ESXi Server (connected to vmnic1, port 6 on TP-Link) The OPNsense Firewall VM can do ...

Modern networks are critical for any enterprise. Networks deliver business applications, multimedia messages and key data to end users around the world. A fundamental element that networks have in ...

Just this last week several customers have ironically all asked me the exact same question. “Can we use an Ethernet switch instead of a router for our Internet EBGP peering to our ISP(s)?” While ...