What is DevOps?
DevOps is short for Development and Operations. In the past the development, testing, deployment, and administrating of a network and network software was done by different specialists. A DevOps engineer has to know all of the above specialties along with business organization and management. More ...
Troubleshoot Network Connectivity With a Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR)
A time-domain reflectometer (TDR) is an instrument that can be used to locate faults in network cables. It can be used for routine maintenance or tracking down illegal taps. More ...
How to Connect Two Computers Together with an Ethernet Cable
You can connect two computers to one another using an Ethernet cable. Once you've connected the computers, you can share files between them by using both computers file sharing settings. More ...
Letting Your SME Users Access the Internet
The Web is a data service that allows users to access and display information contained on devices elsewhere in the world. The Web is also one of the greatest sources of malware. More ...
Network Management Components - The Basics of an Effective Management Strategy
This article will define a network management strategy for managing the network. It is necessary to define how the equipment is going to be monitored and determine if the current management strategy is adequate or if new applications, equipment, protocols and processes must be identified. More ...
Designing a Home and SME Network Architecture
An architecture is an overall plan for your network. You need to choose an architecture to make sure that the solution addresses your needs and everything you design is targeted to meeting those needs. More ...
Why Bother to Design Your SME Network?
Most people browse over to their online networking accessories supperstore, buy a kit, plug it in and off they go. Usually it works just fine, so why bother to design your network? More ...
Five Network Design Considerations
Here are five things that must be taken into consideration in a network's design. A designer must consider; redundancy, congestion, hardware limits, monitoring, and Layer 8, the hypothetical 'user' layer of the OSI model in network design. More ...
Fiber Optic Bend Radius Standards
Fiber optic cable can be damaged by placing too much tension on the cable or bending the cable excessively during installation. Excessive bending or too much pulling force can permanently damage the fiber by causing micro cracks. More ...
The Case for Making the Transition from Sysadmin to DevOps Engineer
DevOps combines software development and IT operations in order to shorten the systems development life cycle. There's a learning curve, and there's no time like now to get started. More ...
What is Port Forwarding?
Port forwarding transfers network traffic from one network port to another, either on the same computer or a different computer. This article demonstrates the most common scenarios for port forwarding. More ...
Disaster Recovery Planning and Network Services Continuity
This article discusses some of the main components of any enterprise network Disaster Recovery Plan. Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) starts with a discussion that involves key management employees. It is important to get their support with any disaster recovery initiative. More ...
How to Make a Network Cable
The steps below are general Ethernet Cat 5 cable construction guidelines. For our example, we will be making a Category 5e patch cable, but the same general method will work for making any category of network cables. More ...
Configuring DHCP for Your SME Network
DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is a network service that allows a device that is attached to the network to be allocated an IP address automatically. More ...
