Network Management

     I'm replacing two 2901 routers with newer 4331 routers both running IOS-XE 17.12.07b.  The two routers are at two different sites with two different internet service providers.  On both routers, I have the "ip address dhcp" on my WAN interface, ...

I have posted a similar issue before but I failed to give all of the needed details.  In short, I have ATAs that work in one client office but not another.  I have an IT company that says a firewall cannot cause any errors on an ata.   Everywhere I l...

We’re excited to announce that Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Custom Roles is now generally available (GA) in the Cisco Meraki dashboard.Building on RBAC Foundations, Custom Roles gives you and administrators greater flexibility to align dashboard ...

 I'm looking for some advice from other enterprise network teams.At my organization we use Cisco DNA, Splunk, but our access and licensing are fairly limited, so we're looking at other options that can provide better network visibility and operationa...

Hello everyone,I'm currently continuing my Extended ACL lab, and I have a question.How can I allow a specific IP address within a VLAN 30 (IP address: 192.168.30.10) to access another VLAN without allowing that other VLAN to access the specific IP in...

What’s the most efficient way to deploy multiple networks without manually configuring each piece of Meraki gear?I’m aware of configuration templates, but the challenge is that each site I’m working with has slight variations. I’m looking for tools o...

We operate several public-facing websites similar to spellbees.us and wafflewordgame.org, where maintaining fast response times and high availability is critical to the user experience. As traffic continues to grow, we want to proactively monitor the...

Having a little trouble creating an admin user on one of two Nexus9k's running nx-os 9.2.3. Works fine on one and not the other. I've compared the configs and don't see any difference related to this.When I type the following: username newadminname p...

Trying to figure this one out, I have 2 WAN and 1 backup WAN connection. I want 2 WANs always active for specific Routing and load balancing. I want my backup connection to be just that in case the Main WANS go offline. I am using port 3 and port 4 f...

Has anyone successfully connected to their Cisco Modeling Labs with Claude via MCP?My Claude Desktop shows the connector with all permissions available, but my Claude Desktop does not have access for some reason.I have a feeling I’m missing something...

EnvironmentWe encountered this issue while migrating network devices from SNMPv2c to SNMPv3 for monitoring.The problem was observed on multiple Cisco Catalyst platforms, including:Catalyst 2960Catalyst 2960SCatalyst 2960XCatalyst 3750Catalyst 9200Cat...

The Day the Clocks Went BackwardsExecutive SummaryOn 8th  July 2026, a failure in a time-synchronisation system contributed to a major nationwide disruption across Telstra's mobile network. The incident was not initially attributed to a cyberattack o...

Can someone please explain what BGP is (for beginners).