Ping is one of the most useful tools to test network connectivity, sometimes it is the first step for troubleshooting and getting the "!" (if you work on Cisco devices) can be a big satisfaction.
I use ping on daily basis and sometimes I need some features that the basic ping command lacks. The solution? …
Read MoreA lot of useful tools to manage and monitor Windows:
"The Sysinternals web site was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their advanced system utilities and technical information. Whether you’re an IT Pro or a developer, you’ll find Sysinternals utilities to help you manage, troubleshoot …
Read MoreInspired by the Packet Pushers Podcast I setup my personal IPv6 tunnel to TunnelBroker.net. Registration is free and the configuration is straightforward.
The first step is the registration and setup of a tunnel to our IPv4 address. Second step the configuration of the tunnel on our side. The webiste includes many …
Read MoreSometimes you just need some privacy when browsing the Internet:
"Tor was originally designed, implemented, and deployed as a third-generation onion routing project of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. It was originally developed with the U.S. Navy in mind, for the primary purpose of protecting government …
Read MoreI needed to change the RDP listening port on a Windows machine, just edit the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumberHTH
Read MoreYou can either do a planned, careful migration, or you can do it in a panic, and you should know full well that panicking is more expensive.
Martin Levy, director of IPv6 strategy for Hurricane Electric
Read More- Inspired by the CodeAcademy project, I've decided to learn a programming language this year. Back in high school I've learnt [Pascal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_(programming_language), Delphi, Assembly and [C](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language) but many years passed so I forgot all the …
Read More - Remember: voice Vlan is not automatically created when applied to a port. You must create it!
Read More Glogg is a tool to browse and search through text files. I find it very useful to search in log files, it's light and fast.
It can also follow a file, so there's no need to reopen the file or refresh if something changes.
Update 01/2022
It seems glogg's website is not maintained anymore.
KLOGG is a valid alternative …
Read MoreA customer called today for a strange issue on their Cisco ASA. They have 60Mbit internet connection and a big event is filling the bandwidth. The session graph is what they are worried about:
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Read MoreQuite often when a network configuration includes authentication or 802.1x on network devices Radius is the protocol of choice.
InfoNtRadPing is a free utility to test a Radius server.
The usage is simple: insert the IP address of the radius server, the secret, user name and password of the user to …
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HP allows Cisco certified people to achieve it's MASE/ASE certs using Fast Track:
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This website will be the new platform for my blog www.ifconfig.it.
The migration has just begun, I'm copying the most interesting post from the old blog here, it'll take some time.
I used to manage the website with RapidWeaver but in the last year I'm using a Win7 PC most of the time and I needed a more flexible …
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Today I passed Cisco 642-983 DCUCI exam and it was a surprise to see two certifications on my Cisco curriculum:
Cisco Unified Computing Technology Support Specialist
and
Cisco Data Center Support for UC Specialist
The next step would be "Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Support Specialist" but since VCP is …
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