April 27, 2015
Setup DHCP Relay on HP V1910
Setting up a DHCP relay is a pretty common task that performed by network administrators when setting up a new…
Tag: network
June 23, 2014
Test Connections from an ESXi Host Using vmkping
If you’ve been in a situation where you need to test connectivity, you’ve probably used the ping command. But what…
August 5, 2013
Internetworking 101 series – Collision Domains
This is a series of posts designed to help readers understand how the Internet works. This specific post looks directly…
May 28, 2013
Discovery Protocols
If you find yourself in an unfamiliar network and want to understand how the networks are connected, it would certainly…
March 21, 2013
How should Network Cables be Labeled?
I’ve recently had to label more network cables than I care to discuss, but found my mind wondering over the…
March 18, 2013
HP Virtual Connect MAC Addresses and WWNs
One of the benefits of using HP Virtual Connect in C-class blade Chassis is the ability to have MAC Addresses…
March 5, 2013
NAT vs PAT
I often hear Port Address Translation (PAT)referred to as Network Address Translation (NAT). Its a pretty common to hear this…
December 11, 2012
Jumbo Frames
Jumbo frames can be useful to optimize IP networks, especially in storage networking. This post should help to explain why…
May 8, 2012
NLB in vSphere (Unicast or Multicast)?
Suppose you have multiple virtual machines that you would like to distribute load across that are housed inside of your…
April 18, 2012
Virtual Routing for Bubble Networks
A question often comes up about what to do when you have a segmented virtual network that needs to be…