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BGP, multipathing, and possibly OSPF
I'm setting up a second site for redundancy and DR.
The goals are as follows:
ISP fault-tolerance from either site: HostA, for example, can reach the internet in the event that ISP-A(primary) and ISP-B go down.
Similarly, servers will continue to…

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Cisco NX-OS 9K - LDAP Configuration
I'm having some trouble configuring LDAP authentication (via Windows AD) when connecting via ssh on our CISCO. I replaced some information from the switch, you will see it in uppercase here.
Currently we only have one shared user, and the goal is to…

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Can a single subnet work across several switches?
New to networking and studying hard but limited access to a kit to try things at the moment...
My question is - if I had, for example, two Layer-2 switches cable connected, could I have devices on the same subnet e.g. 192.168.10.0/24, on either…

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Does NAT violate end to end argument?
Does NAT violate end to end argument?
What does end to end argument means in this context?

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CIDR and VLSM what are the differences?
CIDR improves the allocation of IP addresses. VLSM allows to define a subnet as we wish. Can CIDR used without using VLSM?

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Is an ONT a modem?
I was helping a friend set up a simple home network after a move recently. He referred to his ONT as a modem, and I was tempted to say "well, actually, that's not a modem..."
I didn't, because I realize that from a non-technical perspective, "modem"…

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packet routing between subnets on same vlan
I am trying to understand how packets are routed within the same VLAN. I understand that typically there should be a 1:1 mapping between VLANs and Subnets. However if i deploy the following configuration (shown in below figure), would the host…

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Juniper SRX240 Clustering - Policy out of sync
I have two Juniper SRX240's in a cluster. After re-ordering some security policies on the primary device and committing them ok I now can not make any other changes without the warning
error: Policy is out of sync between RE and PFE…

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Show connected (up) interfaces on cisco devices
Is there any way to show a total count of interfaces that are in status "up" on a cisco router?
The purpose is to let a script go through all routers and show a summarization count of "up" interfaces.

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MPLS can reroute, but can it route?
I have 4 Cisco routers, connected one to another like the following:
**R1**(s1/0)--(s1/0)**R2**(s1/1)--(s1/0)**R3**(s1/1)--(s1/0)**R4**
All of them have an IP address assigned on their interfaces. There is a route between R1 and R2, and a route…

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Traffic from route-map to crypto-map
This is sort of an offshoot of my previous question Ipsec vpn, phase 2 unable to come up. The VPN is up and working but now I'm having an issue with getting the right traffic across it.
The only thing I want to go across it is port 80 traffic. I…

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How to use an optical tap? Which fiber should I use?
We have an optical tap (https://www.fs.com/products/73675.html) that provides an LC connector providing two TX instead of RX/TX.
As you can see, there is a conflict.
What I think I need:
A splitter from one LC connector RX/TX to two LC connectors…

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What is the jsrv.1 interface for?
I have a Juniper EX2200 switch running JunOS 10.4R4.5.
Under Configure -> System Properties -> Management Access, I can configure which interface allow management access. There is a mystery interface call jsrv.1.
jsrv.1 is not listed in the…

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Sending less data than the TCP buffer could take
The accepted answer of this question explains:
When you send data, your TCP buffers it. So if you send a character it won't send it immediately but wait to see if you've got more.
But what if I don't have that much data to send? How does TCP…

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Cisco 3750X Power Cable
I received a Cisco 3750X the other day. I went to go plug it in for testing and found that the standard three prong female power connector is no longer compatible with the power supply. Cisco has added a notch to their power supply port making the…

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