Archive for the ‘IP and IOS Features’ Category

IP & IOS Features done

So last night I finally finished IP Services and NAT. IP Services contain a few different tasks like HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, DHCP, NTP etc. These are things that most of us Network Engineers should know from our work experience but it doesn't hurt to lab the scenarios out and read the documentation! There...

August 3rd, 2008 | IP and IOS Features | Read More

Finishing up Network Address Translation – NAT

I just finished NAT scenarios from Narbik's workbook volume 4. NAT wasn't that bad but I still took my time while going through each lab. I have already repeated each lab twice just to get some hands-on practice but once again my work experience is coming in handy. I am sure you already know what NAT...

August 1st, 2008 | IP and IOS Features | Read More

Smartports Macros – Overview & Configuration

Understanding Smartports Macros Smartports macros provide a convenient way to save and share common configurations. You can use Smartports macros to enable features and settings based on the location of a switch in the network and for mass configuration deployments across the network. Each Smartports...

May 26th, 2008 | IP and IOS Features | Read More

Understanding and Configuring SNMP on Cisco 3550

SNMP is an application-layer protocol that provides a message format for communication between managers and agents. The SNMP system consists of an SNMP manager, an SNMP agent, and a MIB. The SNMP manager can be part of a network management system (NMS) such as CiscoWorks. The agent and MIB reside on...