Networking

  • wkstnet01

    Troubleshooting VMware Workstation Network connectivity

    Typically, I use VMware Workstation every day running work VMs and performing other testing. ย I also troubleshoot VMware Workstation for other users as well. ย From time to time, I have seen issues with VMware Workstation network connectivity either in Bridged…

  • stackfeat

    Configure Dell Nseries switch stack

    A quick little how to post on creating a stack between Dell Nseries switches. ย For the purposes of this post, the stack was created using (2) Dell Nseries 4032F 10G switches. There is just a small amount of configuration that…

  • site2sitefeat

    How to Configure Untangle site to site VPN

    In working on a DR project utilizing two Untangle virtual appliances, I had the need to setup a site to site VPN connection between the Untangle firewalls. ย The OpenVPN documentation is fairly decent on the Untangle site, however, the information…

  • eelacpfeat

    Create LACP LAG between Extreme and Enterasys switches

    A late breaking project I was involved with recently with a clientย was adding 10G port count to an environment that had simply outgrown the number of 10G ports that were being used. ย Another ESXi host was being added to scale…

  • mr18_feat

    Cisco Meraki MR18 install review

    I was excited recently to get my hands on a Cisco Meraki MR18 and wanted to share with you all some thoughts and opinions of the product after having installed, configured, and worked with it for a few days. ย The…

  • otv01

    Stretch layer 2 with OTV

    Lately, in looking at different ways to stretch layer 2 with various technologies, I have been proof of concepting various ways to do this in router labs. ย In aย recent post Stretch VLANs across routers L2TPv3, weย see how to utilize L2TPv3…

  • L2TPv301

    Stretch VLANs across routers L2TPv3

    Recently, I have been working a good bit with DR network connectivity and other DR DCI concerns. ย A typical scenario today has a virtual environment in one Site as production and another virtual environment in another site, Site B, as…

  • autotuning01

    TCP Auto-tuning slow network performance

    Starting with Windows Vista, there were improvements made to the network stack including a little known feature called TCP Window Auto-tuning. ย The auto-tuning feature allows newer versions of Windows to be able to adjust the RWIN value automatically on the…

  • lacp01

    Design Considerations LACP LAG

    Link Aggregation Groups are multiple connections between two switches that allow the switch to aggregate links/bandwidth between them. ย LAG’s are typically dumb in themselves without using Link Aggregation Control Protocol, LACP, on top. ย In fact, for instance, a (4) link…

  • virlupdate01

    Cisco VIRL 1.1.1 Upgrade

    Well after running Cisco VIRL for a while it has definitely grown on me and with each release it gets better. ย I have been meaning to upgrade to the latest version that was announced/released just a few days ago –…