Locating the right piece of information from a Cisco router can often be a challenge. Particularly, the show running-config command can return pages and pages of output. David Davis introduces you to ...

Hey all. I'm doing a semi-educational exercise for myself, kind of as a proof of concept. I understand how to do what I'm trying to do in an overly elaborate 2 router setup, and I'm trying to condense ...

Most IT pros know that using Telnet to manage routers, switches, and firewalls is not exactly a security best practice. Instead, the accepted alternative to Telnet’s lack of security is Secure Shell ...

I've heard / read that you can copy/paste IOS configs via telnet into a router. Can anyone detail how you can do this exactly? So, if I have an IOS config in notepad can I just copy and paste that ...

There are thousands of commands and subcommands available to configure a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, and as you gain knowledge of the appliance, you will find yourself using more and more of ...

I just unboxed my new Cisco 1242AG (part number AIR-AP1242AG-A-K9). This is a business-grade wireless AP that retails for about $500. Before I show you how I configured this wireless AP, let me give ...

Here’s a guest post sent to me by Don Crawley, author of The Accidental Administrator book series. It is an excerpt from his latest:The Accidental Administrator: Cisco ASA Security Appliance: A ...

Previous articles (Part one, Part two) in this series on implementing VPN gateways using Cisco routers discussed the IPsec protocol and basic IPsec VPN connection models. Now we'll learn how to ...