I'm planning an article looking at how company networks evolve from a single computer into multi-site networks with tens if not hundreds of thousands of devices connected. While looking at that I was writing about redundancy in network design. This reminded me of a classic mistake in network design which is what I am going to here. It doesn't matter how well designed your network is if it's all plugged into a single 13A socket. This article therefore looks at network design in a wider sense and how the infrastructure should best support it.
Want to put Cisco network icons into your Visio document or Powerpoint? Want to model Cisco equipment in Visio but can't be bothered to draw it out? Well don't worry because Cisco has done it for you!
Anybody that visits this site on a regular basis will notice that I have not been posting much lately. The reason for this, aside from my laziness is that I have been working on another project with my partner-in-crime - Mitul Patel. This time we have been doing some more work on his parents mini-supermarket. This time there I have taken a series of photos to show the saga.
One of the great things about Google Analytics is the vast wealth of information it makes available to me. I can see for instance what search queries I am getting listed for, and some of them I can give a simple answer for, so here goes! Last week you searched for:
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With a normal Home / Small Office type router, once you have got it connected, you set a password to log into the web interface and that's about it for security. But what about with a Cisco Router. This guide covers how to protect a router from unauthorised modification or access to the settings. What it does not cover is securing the connections, which is a topic for another guide.
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So you've taken the plunge and gone and bought yourself a Cisco router and now you want to hook it up to the phone line and use it instead of your rubbish Linksys or whatever router you currently use.
This tutorial will go through the basics of setting up an ADSL connection to a non-switching router. It assumes you are capable of basic configuration tasks.
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