Windows Remote VPN no DNS
Jul25

Windows Remote VPN no DNS

VPN no DNS KB ID 0001402 Problem I’ve been setting up a VPN solution on the test bench as I’m looking at Always On VPN. When I noticed that I had a problem with my remote VPN connections on Windows. They would connect fine but I could not resolve any FQDNs for my domain? VPN no DNS Solution By default, all (Windows) VPN connections are ‘Force Tunnel’ (this means they have the option ‘Use default gateway...

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Cisco ASA: VPNs With Overlapping Subnets
Jun19

Cisco ASA: VPNs With Overlapping Subnets

KB ID 0001446 Problem I’ve seen this pop up a few times in forums, and I’ve even seen people post “It cant be done, you will need to change one of the subnets,”  but to be honest, it’s not that difficult. We simply have to do some NAT. This is the bit people struggle with, with VPNs usually we need to STOP NAT being applied to VPN traffic, and we still do, we simply NAT the traffic before we sent it over...

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Windows Firewall – Enable ‘Ping’ / ICMP Echo Reply
Jan18

Windows Firewall – Enable ‘Ping’ / ICMP Echo Reply

KB ID 0001134  Problem By default all modern distributions of Windows come with their client firewall enabled. Which is a good thing, most corporate networks simply disable it using the rationale that they have a corporate firewall and security software etc. Again thats fine, but what if you want to leave it on, and still be able to ping that host to see if its alive. Solution The firewall exception is already written for you, you...

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IP (v4) Networking Crib Sheet
Nov17

IP (v4) Networking Crib Sheet

KB ID 0000832 Problem You would think by now I would have committed a lot of this to memory, but seeing as I always have to visit my own Subnet Calculator, I thought it was about time I had a ‘handy reference’. Feel free to copy and print it off. Solution Click for larger image. Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links Online Subnet Calculator IPv4 and IPv6

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Register HP Wireless Access Points With an HP MSM Controller on a Different Subnet
Nov17

Register HP Wireless Access Points With an HP MSM Controller on a Different Subnet

KB ID 0000913  Problem If you have HP Access Points on remote sites, you have the choice of either leaving them in automomous mode, or registering them with a controller at another site. This is handy if you want to manage all your VSC’s from one location. You can do this via DNS, or via DHCP at that remote site, (I tend to setup both to be on the safe side). Solution Option 1: Set MSM Controller Location via DHCP 1. On your...

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