Enabling Cisco DNS Lookup (ASA and IOS)
May13

Enabling Cisco DNS Lookup (ASA and IOS)

Cisco DNS Lookup KB ID 0000969  Problem For the most part, devices are more concerned with IP and MAC addresses, but the devices do have the ability to translate those IP addresses using DNS. Solution : Cisco DNS Lookup How to Enable Cisco DNS Lookup on  ASA As ASA is ‘My Thing’ I will start with that. 1. Connect to the ASA, log in and go to enable mode, and then global configuration mode. Type help or ‘?’ for...

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ENE-NG and GNS3 – Speed and Duplex Mismatch
Jan17

ENE-NG and GNS3 – Speed and Duplex Mismatch

Duplex Mismatch KB ID 0000983  Problem I don’t know why this happens sometimes with GNS3, and EVE-NG but occasionally I will get a connection between two devices that constantly complains. %CDP-4-DUPLEX_MISMATCH: duplex mismatch discovered on {interface-name} (not half duplex), with {host-name} {interface-name} (half duplex). For the uninitiated, a speed/duplex mismatch, usually happens when both ends of the link are set...

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Windows Server – Install and Configure NDES
Oct21

Windows Server – Install and Configure NDES

KB ID 0000947  Problem NDES, is the name for what we used to call MSCEP, which was an ‘add-on’ for the Server 2003 family of servers. In Server 2008 it was renamed to NDES. It is a role service that runs on a Certificate Services Server, and is used to create a registration authority (RA) that can issue certificates from your PKI infrastructure to network devices, i.e. Routers, Firewalls and Switches. Solution Installing...

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Configuring Cisco HSRP
Feb08

Configuring Cisco HSRP

KB ID 0000946  Problem Cisco HSRP: Normally your client machines have one route off the network, (their default gateway). But what if that goes down? HSRP aims to solve this problem by assigning a ‘Virtual IP address’ to your default gateway (or default route). So that IP can be shared amongst two or more possible devices (routers, or layer 3 switches). Above, we have a client 192.168.1.10 that has two possible routes off...

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vSphere – ‘Cannot complete operation due to concurrent modification by another operation’
Nov17

vSphere – ‘Cannot complete operation due to concurrent modification by another operation’

KB ID 0001069 Problem I had been messing around with ports groups and VLANS, and afterwards when attempting to present a server some vNICs I got this error. Solution Virtual Center Appliance I have to completely restart the Virtual Center Appliance, before this error would clear! Solution (Windows vCenter) No matter what I did this error refused to budge, when this happens it’s usually because vCenter has got its knickers in a...

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