Another best practice article explaining the proper method for redistributing a static route into a routing protocol with the most control

IP Accounting is a great tool to use for basic troubleshooting. This little jewl is a very low impacting tool that provides counters of IP source and destination addresses flowing through a router.

This article is targeted to people who are considering or trying to configure an ‘in-house’ MPLS network in an organization. Part 1 explains how to configure the core of the network, which is identified in the MPLS world as the Provider devices.

Almost every network uses DHCP for IP address assignment. This article explains how to configure a Cisco device for an external DHCP server and also how to configure IOS to act as the DHCP server entirely by itself.

This article explains how routes get installed in the route table using various sources that provide entries for consideration. These sources are typically routing processes, such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, or static routing to name a few. Inside contains an explanation on what happens when these sources know about the same routes.

When it comes time to upgrade a single T1 that is running at capacity, it is easy to add additional T1 circuits by using Multilink PPP. It is often less expensive to add T1′s up to a certain point before taking the plunge to a T3 circuit.

Remote Shell (rsh) services can be configured on Cisco routers and switches to allow execution of commands from a remote computer. Among other things, this could prove useful in a support role where periodic show commands needs to be run on a network device quickly without requiring a telnet/ssh session and login each time.

There are many choices when trying to decide which version of spanning tree to implement in your network. This article will attempt to explain the different options and when to use each.

Banners configured on Cisco devices provide many useful functions. This article explains the five banner types and how to configure each one.

Trying to figure out why multicast doesn’t work across a flat network that consist of multiple switches? This article contains the resolution to that broken Windows server cluster or the Nokia/Checkpoint cluster that doesn’t work.