Configuration of HP ProCurve Devices in a Campus Environment

Here is a great write-up on configuring an HP ProCurve switch. http://www.terena.org/activities/campus-bp/pdf/gn3-na3-t4-cbpd111.pdf Credit where credit is due: Produced by CESNET led working group on Network monitoring (CBPD111) Authors: Tomas Podermanski, Vladimir Zahorik March 2010

Test TCP Utility (TTCP)

If you ever needed to test the throughput or bandwidth of your LAN or WAN, here is a small utility that will allow you to truly see what the network speed is working at. Prerequisite: PsTools, specifically PsExec must be available on your computer.  Dropping all the “Ps” tools into your %PATH% is recommended. Download [...]

Cisco Router Configuration Tutorial

Found this on the net today.  This is a great refresher.  Very basic and to the point. http://pages.swcp.com/~jgentry/topo/cisco.htm

Why do we subnet? What some advantages and or disadvantages?

This prompt was posted in to my TCP/IP networking class.  This is my response that prompt (I encourage comment): The primary purpose for subnetting is to separate a part of a network from the other parts of the network. The reason for doing this can be many, but some of the major reasons and advantages are: [...]

DHCP – Should we use it? Is there an alternative?

This prompt was posted in to my TCP/IP networking class.  This is my response that prompt (I encourage comment): DHCP is by far the most robust and most “dynamic”, if you’ll excuse the dynamic reference. There are alternatives, each with its pros and cons. Once such alternative is BOOTP which uses UDP and can only [...]