HP 1810-8G Switch – Setup and Management
Nov17

HP 1810-8G Switch – Setup and Management

  KB ID 0000732  Problem For such a ‘baby’ switch this has a LOT of features, I had to lock down the speed and duplex settings on one of the switch ports today. The main details you will be looking for are, Default IP address = 192.168.2.10 Default Password = blank Solution 1. Put yourself on the same network: Windows Key+R > ncpa.cpl {enter} > Right click your network connection > Properties > Internet...

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HP Procurve Adding a Management IP
Nov17

HP Procurve Adding a Management IP

KB ID 0000428 Problem You have an HP Procurve switch, and you would like to add a management IP so you can view the web console. Solution Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links HP Procurve – Trunking / Aggregating Ports

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GNS3 – Assign an IP Address to Linux Microcore QEMU Guest

KB ID 0000932  Problem The whole point of having these guest machines is for testing communications, putting an IP address on them so you can ping things, is a pretty basic step. Solution 1. Console in, and execute the following commands, obviously change the IP addresses to the ones you require. sudo su ifconfig eth0 10.10.10.10 netmask 255.0.0.0 up route add ip default gw 10.10.10.1 route add default gw 10.10.10.1 Related Articles,...

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GNS3 Cannot Connect Network Interfaces when running on VMware vSphere
Nov17

GNS3 Cannot Connect Network Interfaces when running on VMware vSphere

KB ID 0000671  Problem I have plenty of real ASA firewalls to play with, but it’s getting round to re-certification time, so for ease I thought I’d run up a Virtual ASA on my vSphere 5 box just for testing and breaking. However no matter what type of Virtual Network adaptor I used (vmxnet3, e1000, etc) I could not connect to the virtual firewall. Solution 1. Firstly make sure you actually have an IP address in the correct...

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Cisco ISE – Basic 802.1x With WindowsPart Three – Adding Network Devices (Authenticators)
Nov17

Cisco ISE – Basic 802.1x With WindowsPart Three – Adding Network Devices (Authenticators)

KB ID 0001077  Problem Back in Part Two we configured the specific 802.1x policies in Cisco ISE. Remember with 802.1x it is a three tier system there is a supplicant, (a machine that wants to authenticate), the Authenticator, (the device the supplicant connect to, in our case a switch), and finally an Authentication server (Cisco ISE). Below I will add our switch into ISE, as a RADIUS device and create some groups, and locations for...

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