Cybersecurity nowadays requires more (and better) protective measures than ever before. These measures range from adopting what are acknowledged as best practices, through helping end-users to stay ...

We test five network configuration management products: AlterPoint’s DeviceAuthority Suite, Dorado Software’s RedCell, Rendition Networks’ TrueControl 3.0, Tripwire’s Tripwire for Network Devices (TND ...

IPv6 offers several ways that aren’t possible in IPv4 to assign IP addresses, and DNS set-up has differences as well. As IP technology has matured, the range of devices that the internet protocol ...

Recently a client asked me to write a whitepaper about IP address management. At first the assignment seemed completely routine. But as I began looking at the details I realized that I was going to ...

I left my router on default settings for years—here’s why you should change yours today ...

It can be a pain to install your virtual private network (VPN) on every device you own, especially if there's no client for your TV or smart fridge. Even if most VPNs give you plenty of simultaneous ...

With a simulator, there are always missing commands and programming errors, and it can never really be as complete as the real IOS. However, because an emulator runs the IOS, you get every feature ...

As I've started to build up a little home lab, I've been playing around with the idea of either building or buying a PC to run pfsense on and use as my primary (edge?) router. That is, I would run my ...

A couple of years ago I replaced my Apple AirPort Extreme router with Synology’s RT2600ac. I made this move partly because of the rumors about Apple exiting the router business — which it eventually ...