BT Business ADSL – Configure a 2Wire Router to Allocate a Static (Public) IP Address
Nov17

BT Business ADSL – Configure a 2Wire Router to Allocate a Static (Public) IP Address

KB ID 0000760  Problem I know BT are now shipping the BT Business Hub, to their business ADSL clients, but there’s still a few 2Wire routers out there in the wild. Essentially if you have a range of public IP addresses, this is how to allocate one of the public IP addresses to one of your devices. In my case its a Cisco ASA firewall that I need to have a public IP. Solution Firstly I’m going to assume the router is working and...

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Cisco Routers – Port Forwarding
Nov17

Cisco Routers – Port Forwarding

KB ID 0000533  Problem If you have a server or host that you want to be publicly addressable and only have one public IP address then port forwarding is what you require. Solution Assumptions 1. You have a public IP on the outside of your Router. 2. You are performing NAT from your internal range of IP address to your External IP address. To Make Sure 1. Run the following command: PetesRouter#show run | include ip nat inside You...

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Outlook Error 0x800CCC0F – Using POP3 To Exchange – Behind a Cisco CSC (Trend InterScan) Module
Nov17

Outlook Error 0x800CCC0F – Using POP3 To Exchange – Behind a Cisco CSC (Trend InterScan) Module

KB ID 0000642  Problem I upgraded a clients firewall and CSC software a couple of weeks ago, and ever since “some” users saw the following errors, Error 0x800CCC0F Task ‘{email address} – Sending’ reports error (0x800CCC0F): #The connection to the server was interrupted. If the problem continues, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).’ Eventually it would time out...

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Cisco ASA5505 Setup (Via ASDM)
Nov17

Cisco ASA5505 Setup (Via ASDM)

KB ID 0000067 Problem Regular visitors to PNL will know I much prefer to do things at command line, but I appreciate most people trying to set up a new firewall will want to use the GUI. Before you start you will need to know what IP addresses you want to use, what password you want to use etc. Solution 1. You get two network cables in the box, connect your PC/Laptop to Ethernet port 1 (See the photo, that’s the second one in...

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Allow access to VMware View through Cisco ASA 5500
Nov17

Allow access to VMware View through Cisco ASA 5500

KB ID 0000545  Problem To access VMware View though a firewall you need the following ports to be open; TCP Port 80 (http/www) TCP Port 443 (https/ssl) TCP Port 4172 (PCoIP) UDP Port 4172 (PCoIP) In the following example I’m using 192.168.1.100 as the internal IP address of the View Server and the public IP address of the firewall is 123.123.123.123. Which solution you use, depends on weather you are allowing access via a...

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