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Little about Windows Registry

February 1, 2011

Description of the registry Registry is a central hierarchical database used in Microsoft Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and WindowsXP used to store information that is necessary to configure the system for one or more users, applications and hardware devices. The Registry contains information that Windows continually references during operation, such as [...]

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Little about Organizational Units

January 26, 2011

An Overview of Organizational Units (OUs) An organizational unit (OU) is a container that is used to logically organize and group Active Directory objects within domains. OUs are not part of the DNS namespace. They are used to organize Active Directory objects into logical administrative groups. OUs therefore serve as containers in which you can [...]

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Special Purpose Network Addresses Every System admin need to know

January 25, 2011

Different types of Classes of Network Class A Addresses Class A address must be between 0 and 127 network.node.node.node Class B Addresses Class B address must be between 128 and 191 network.network.node.node Class C Addresses Class C address must be between 192 and 223 network.network.network.node Network Addresses: Special Purpose Some IP addresses are reserved for special purposes, [...]

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Setting Port Security on a Cisco Catalyst Switch

January 25, 2011

If you want to ensure that only a certain device—for example, a server—is plugged into a particular switch port, you can configure the MAC address of the server as a static entry associated with the switch port. Configure port security Configuring the Port Security feature is relatively easy. In its simplest form, port security requires [...]

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Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

January 24, 2011

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is the protocol used to support multicasting. To use multicasting, a process on a host must be able to join and leave a group. A process is a user program that is using the network. Group access is identified by the group address and the interface (NIC). A host must [...]

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Little about BOOTP Protocol

January 24, 2011

BOOTP (Boot Protocol) may be used to boot remote computers over a network. BOOTP messages are encapsulated inside UDP messages and therefore its requests and replies are forwarded by routers. BOOTP is defined by RFCs 951 and 1542. The drawing below illustrates the data encapsulation: The diskless system reads its unique hardware address from its [...]

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Little about DHCP

January 24, 2011

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) This protocol is used to assign IP addresses to hosts or workstations on the network. Usually a DHCP server on the network performs this function. Basically it “leases” out address for specific times to the various hosts. If a host does not use a given address for some period of [...]

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Windows Server 2003 DNS Troubleshooting

January 22, 2011

1) Start Troubleshooting with Ping Can you ping the target machine? a) By IP address. Ping 10.1.0.100 b) By Hostname. Ping BigServer c) By fully qualified domain name. Ping BigServer.guybay.com Examine the replies for clues, for example is the reply BigServer or BigServer.domain.com. Depending on the results from Ping, check the Default Gateway and Subnet [...]

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Little about DNS Queries in Windows Server 2003

January 21, 2011

There are two sides to DNS.  Firstly, registration which adds resource records such as Host (A) into the DNS database.  Secondly there are queries where clients seek those resource records, for example where is BigServer?  Back comes the reply from DNS: BigServer IP = 10.10.55.21. Authoritative DNS Servers The goal of a DNS query is [...]

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Little about DNS Zones in Windows Server 2003

January 21, 2011

When you plan a DNS installation, be sure that you choose the most suitable type of zone.  For instance, if your goal is to install a Windows Server 2003 domain, then investigate Active Directory Integrated Zones.  Also decide how many zones to configure, it is easy to focus on the forward lookup zone, but overlook [...]

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Access list types

January 21, 2011

There are three basic types of IP access lists: standard, extended, and dynamic extended. Standard access lists use source addressing for applying rules and provide very basic forms of filtering. Extended access lists use both source and destination addresses for filtering and even allow filtering by protocol type. This allows a more granular method of [...]

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BRI ISDN Configuration On Cisco Router

January 18, 2011

There are two ways to configure ISDN in a Cisco router. The first one is to setup the ISDN connection to be always on. This method will be very costly because most ISDN service providers charge not only by monthly subscription, but by the amount of data that you transfer. Having the connection opened 24/7, [...]

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10 importent show commands

January 18, 2011

The ‘show’ commands are the most widely used in Cisco routers. Here is a list of the 10 mostly used of these ‘show’ commands. 1. show running-config This command is your true best friend. It shows the complete configuration that is running currently. Using it you can troubleshoot almost all issues regarding routing, filtering, secure [...]

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