Daily Cisco Commands
Below are the most common Cisco commands I use when getting around a Cisco Network or troubleshooting an issue. Some of these are for switches, routers or both. I’ll let you play around with them to see which is which. Not all of them may be available depending on what version of code you are [...]
Do I Need to Use Spanning-Tree?
Many people have told me that spanning-tree (STP) is not needed or that it only causes problems. Some say that now that Cisco VSS (Virtual Switching System) is available, the need for STP has been eliminated. Most of the misconceptions around STP come from the lack of understanding. Not using STP on your network is [...]
Time for a Change
We have focused on small business technology since the inception of this blog and now it is a time for a change. This blog will focus on Cisco Tips, Tricks and Designs. Whether you are a beginner, advanced network engineer or Infrastructure Manager / Director, we hope you find some valuable information here. If you [...]
Congratulations! Your Green Dot Card is in the mail! Not!
URL Phishing is the practice of taking popular domain names such as www.olivegardensurvey.com and making minor changes such as olivegartensurvey in hopes that people will mistype the URL and be directed to their fake site. Why would someone do this? To collect as much information about you as they can in hope of stealing your [...]
Google Fiber for Communities: The Real Cost to Consumers and Businesses
Since Google announced Kansas City as the winner of the Google Fiber 1 Gigabit Internet project, many people have commented how they are looking forward to the service, but do they know the true cost to their business. Did you know your cost will extend beyond the monthly service? Google Fiber Community Official Page Residential [...]
3 Must Have Tweaks for Google Chrome and Gmail
After moving to Google Chrome browser and Gmail for e-mail, there were a few add-on’s I found that really help me day to day. The first is WiseStamp. Gmail, by default, does not allow for html signatures, which means they are plain text, nothing fancy. WiseStamp allows you to put html based signatures into Gmailincluding [...]
My Journey to Gmail
After three years of dipping my toes in the pool, I finally jumped in both feet first. Google has been my primary tool for web site analytics, chat/instant message, blogging, rss reader, voice/voicemail, bookmark synchronizing and search alerts. But I’ve been holding onto Microsoft Outlook for dear life. It was familiar but also problematic and [...]
Explore Your Options
Recently, I have seen so many small businesses purchases the first product or service that solves their immediate problem without exploring multiple options or considering long term plans. The natural response is they don’t know the options. Know that there are always options. Ask the person trying to sell you their product what other options [...]
March Madness: The Network Killer
ATTN Business Owners: Don’t make this IT’s problem.ATTN IT Departments: Business Owners will make this your problem.It never fails. Calls start flooding in about slow response times of critical applications. What just happened? Every year employees stream March Madness over the internet killing the companies internet bandwidth. The company policy doesn’t state they can’t stream [...]