Something strange would happen when I connected to a Firepower 2130 running Firepower Threat Defense with Cisco AnyConnect. Basically, the AnyConnect client would contact the VPN gateway just fine, prompt for user credentials, authenticate and connect but then literally after about 3 seconds of being connected it would immediately drop and [...]
While we are sad to see some of the Cisco Small Business 300 series switches go End-of-Sale, we welcome the 350/550X series with open arms. Cisco has expanded their offering of Small Business Switches to the SG350 or SG550X models. Strangely, some 300 series models have been given end-of-sale [...]
Perhaps you picked up an APC Metered Rack PDU used, and want to use the built-in management features but can't because you're locked out. This often happens not only with the sale of used equipment, but also when there isn't good documentation, or a company acquires a competitor and [...]
It would have been so awesome to rip out all our switching infrastructure and put in hardware that supports Multigagbit and UPOE. Sadly, management didn't want the network infrastructure projects to wipe out the entire IT budget. Good news, there is a simple way to take advantage of "more than [...]
Cisco continues to put out new SG switch firmware which adds some nice features and more stability to the product line. Several companies I have worked in the small / medium business sector are turning to these switches for their inexpensive port density and management options in an access layer switch. [...]
Cisco documentation is out there for this, but searching for it generally only comes back with forum questions and responses. Here's the consolidated information on how to easily break into a Cisco Small Business switch that has a console port. Generally this is limited to the SG300 and SG500 series [...]
Ever get a really long nasty list of MAC addresses that aren't in the aaaa.bbbb.cccc format that Cisco network devices crave? Unfortunately, everyone seems to have their own idea of what a MAC address should look like. You will see on Windows systems, MAC addresses divided by dashes (00-50-56-a0-6e-db) other systems [...]
Microsoft has rammed another "feature" down our throats, as if to say: You will like using this add-on to Office365! The clutter folder appeared in Microsoft Outlook folder panes all throughout the office, and soon the phone began to ring. People were not sure what this feature is or how [...]
For large enterprise environments with clearly defined security policies (and helpdesks with plenty of support staff) it makes sense to have users change their passwords every so often. However, if you work in a small office having Office 365 force you to change your password can be annoying and disruptive, [...]
This problem may present itself in different ways, in my scenario it was that a company employee was going to no longer work in our corporate office but would start working exclusively from home. This generated a number of challenges, one of which was removing their computer account from [...]
