Post Views: 1,415 I get asked this question all the time. It is indeed a great question. I previously posted an answer to this FAQ in 2017 – you can look at that here. I often point folks who ask to that post, but they claim it is ancient history. But is it? So I […]
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Post Views: 1,697 If you are new to Ansible, I suggest you read our article that defines Ansible, and shows you how to set up an Ansible lab environment to test and learn in. You can also read my article on real world use cases for Ansible right here. One of those use cases is
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Post Views: 6,622 Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT), also known as Large Scale NAT (LSN), is a network technology used by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to extend the usability of the limited IPv4 address space by sharing a small pool of public IPv4 addresses among many customers. Why CGNAT Exists How CGNAT Works Technical Characteristics Challenges/Problems with
Post Views: 1,089 Hi everyone. This relatively easy question came in today: “How do I find out the IP address of a particular web site?” The simplest way that most folks will remember is to use something called “Ping”. Ping is a basic network tool that checks if a computer or device is reachable over
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Post Views: 1,823 Teaching hexadecimal and binary, especially around bits, nibbles, and bytes, is an awesome way to introduce kids to how computers “think.” Let’s face it their world is fully computerized and networked. All communications is done in binary, bits, nibbles, and bytes. Heck, its the way computers think. Here is a deeper dive
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Post Views: 6,692 I get asked for this list all the time, so I thought I would just post it. There are others of course, so see the bottom of this post for some others, but if I had to just pick 10, these would be the ones. Links will send you to Amazon, where
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Post Views: 9,942 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: 4,584 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: 7,618 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: 2,422 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: 1,807 It’s always tough to do these Top 10 posts. I mean, depending on your job, where you access the network, what it is you are trying to do, you may have some favorite tcpdump commands that I don’t show here. That said, lets take a look at some great tcpdump commands. By
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Post Views: 2,966 Network Address Translation (NAT) and Network Port Address Translation (NPAT) are not considered a security function because its primary purpose is to modify the L3 network address information in IPv4 packet headers and L4 port numbers of TCP or UDP while in transit. NAT and NPAT are not needed in IPv6 networking.
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