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Whether you’re configuring a network, optimizing system performance, learning a new technology, or troubleshooting a difficult issue, you’ll find valuable insights drawn from decades of industry experience. From Wireshark packet analysis and broadband technologies to Windows, Linux, cybersecurity, Wi-Fi, and Internet protocols, our tips are designed to be practical, actionable, and immediately useful.
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Post Views: 1,863 Hi everyone! As many of you who have attended my conference presentations and Wi-Fi classes know, I spend time talking about the correct way of troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks. Power cycling or rebooting is NOT a first step. Here’s why: lets say you are having issues of some kind (slow speed, connectivity issues, […]
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Post Views: 47,479 In this tutorial I am going to make you a pro at using and leveraging the Wireshark TCP Graphing tools. As many of you who have taken my Wireshark Courses know, I am a big fan of visualizing what is going on in a given packet capture or conversation. My #2 troubleshooting
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Post Views: 12,677 A Wireshark TCP Analysis Flags cheat sheet is essential because TCP is the foundation of most modern network communications, and Wireshark’s built-in TCP Analysis engine automatically identifies performance problems, retransmissions, latency conditions, packet loss, flow-control issues, and connection anomalies that would otherwise require deep manual packet inspection. For many users, the TCP
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Post Views: 3,639 The following commands are like a cheat sheet of essential Windows repair commands. DO NOT USE THESE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. RESEARCH EVERY ONE OF THESE COMMANDS BEFORE EXECUTING. BACK UP YOUR SYSTEM PROPERLY. Command Purpose sfc /scannow Scans and Repairs corrupted or missing system files with the System
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Post Views: 5,751 As QUIC has emerged to begin its takeover of the Transport Layer (OK – we will never see TCP totally disappear), I have written multiple articles on QUIC. You can look them over here. In the early days Google made this really easy right within the Chrome web browser. As time has
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Post Views: 2,287 Let’s start with some simple definitions of these protocols and how they work together. In Voice over IP (VoIP) to PSTN (telephone) network integration, MGCP and C15 can work together as part of a layered signaling architecture that bridges IP-based call control with traditional PSTN switching systems. Here’s how they fit and
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Post Views: 8,406 Capturing network traffic with VLAN tags on a Windows computer can be tricky due to how network adapters and capture software handle VLAN-tagged frames. By default, Windows often strips VLAN tags before passing packets to capture applications like Wireshark. However, there are ways to configure your setup to properly capture VLAN information.
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Post Views: 2,218 What is btop? btop (aka btop++) is a modern and visually appealing resource monitoring tool for Linux and other operating systems. It is part of the bpytop family, created by the same developer, and is written in C++ for performance and efficiency. Like htop, btop provides detailed information about system resources, including
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Post Views: 12,447 Here is a list of interesting/useful network/IP commands for Windows. Most of these commands must be run from the CMD app. To do this Open Command Prompt: In the search bar, type cmd and press Enter, or press Win + R to open the Run dialog. Administrative Privileges: In some cases you
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Post Views: 5,592 The nslookup command is a built-in network administration tool available on Windows, macOS, and many Linux distributions. It is used to query DNS servers to retrieve information about domain names, IP addresses, and DNS records. Basic Syntax: nslookup [hostname] [DNS server] Components: Common Use Cases: Example Output: Query a Domain: nslookup example.com
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Post Views: 10,697 The dig command, short for “Domain Information Groper,” in Linux or MacOS is a command-line tool used to query Domain Name System (DNS) servers. The command is a lot like nslookup, but at the same time it is different. If you are a Windows user, you have to use nslookup. For a
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Post Views: 2,812 For all my troubleshooting network friends, I have compiled a list below of the top software-based network troubleshooting tools that you need to have and know. It you want to add hardware to your toolkit – have a look at our “Go Bag“ If you want to know more about the commands
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Post Views: 8,335 So often in Wireshark videos and classes we spend a lot of time on TCP behavior. But what I am about to discuss is hardly ever brought up. The answer to version is simple right? Version 4. OK, kind of right, but overlooking too much. The truth is that there are multiple
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Post Views: 4,443 Retransmissions of frames in WLANs (Wireless Local Area Networks) can become problematic for several reasons, primarily due to the nature of the wireless medium. While retransmissions are a necessary part of ensuring data integrity in unreliable networks, they can cause inefficiencies and degrade network performance. I will get to the details below,
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Post Views: 14,023 As most of my readers, students, and clients know, I absolutely love Wireshark. I deeply am infatuated with Wireshark’s Profiles, more properly called configuration profiles. So much so that many years ago now, I set up the first Wireshark Profiles Repository. 100’s of thousands of downloads have resulted, and I hope I
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