Networking
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Sophos UTM Block web traffic for only one host
Within Sophos UTM, as much as I like the product and have enjoyed using it in my home lab environment, blocking a single host from being able to hit the web is really not very intuitive at all. Â In other…
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Configure Inter VLAN Routing with Multiple Switches
The question comes up often when talking about inter vlan routing and how this is done with multiple switches in a production environment. Â Many examples only show inter vlan routing with a single switch. Â The concept for multiple switches really…
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Change the font and color in SuperPutty
Many use putty as their default choice in terminal emulator software and it is probably the defacto standard in programs used to connect to routers, switches, and other network devices. Â If you know and love putty, most likely you have…
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Home Lab Create a DMZ VLAN
A really cool fun project I have been wanting to take on at home for a while now is to create a DMZ environment using my Cisco SG300-20 switch, VLANs, inter vlan routing, ACLs, and VGT or VST. Â If you…
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Dell NSeries Switch Basic configuration cheat sheet
In working recently with a few Dell NSeries switches on the bench and in production, I have created a simple cheat sheet for myself with configuration commands I find myself needing most in tweaking and configuring the Dell switches. Â I…
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Basic Dell Powerconnect Nseries iSCSI switch configuration
Recently, I got my hands on a couple of Dell PowerConnect 8132f switches for a client to configure for iSCSI traffic for a 3-node VMware cluster that was being implemented for server consolidation, etc.  I stepped through the basic configuration for…
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Setting up VLANs Cisco SG300-20 Switch
The Cisco SG300-20 Switch is a great home lab switch that features most of the capabilities that ones see and use in the enterprise environment and for a cheap price. Â I wanted to write up a quick blog post on…
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Cisco SG300-20 basic configuration for VMware Lab
Cisco’s line of small business fully managed switches I think are really great for learning Cisco networking as well as having everything you need to create a really functional VMware lab at the layer 2 and 3 network level. Â The…
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Good VMware Home Lab Switch
Recently, I was looking to snag a really good VMware home lab switch for a couple of hosts and shared storage to replace an aging run of the mill HP switch I had been using for years.  I wanted something that…
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Keep from switching IPs back and forth
If you are a system administrator or someone who spends time configuring routers or other network devices, you may have the need to place your laptop or workstation on the same network as the network device you are configuring. Most…
