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 ...

Hey all. I'm doing a semi-educational exercise for myself, kind of as a proof of concept. I understand how to do what I'm trying to do in an overly elaborate 2 router setup, and I'm trying to condense ...

The bottom line is folks want to know how to configure their cisco routers to perform easy, yet granular, role-based access control. My guess is you IOS jockeys out there already know about privilege ...

Using quality of service (QoS) on Cisco network devices helps provide both bandwidth and priority to certain types of network traffic. In this edition of Cisco Routers and Switches, David Davis walks ...

When a Cisco router is initially configured, the router's DNS lookup function is enabled by default. This function is only useful if the router utilizes a DNS server on the network; otherwise, it will ...

Cisco's networking equipment is a mainstay for many companies, providing solid performance, stability and security for internal corporate networks and the Internet backbone. While the job of a ...

Hi, I need some help understanding the VPN setup on a Cisco 800 series router that we use to communicate with one of our clients. If possible I would like to move this VPN from the Cisco box to an ...

Previous articles (Part one, Part two) in this series on implementing VPN gateways using Cisco routers discussed the IPsec protocol and basic IPsec VPN connection models. Now we'll learn how to ...