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Nicholas Beard · 12-19-2012

Hi all,I have a query regarding HSRP and their associated multicast messages. I have two Cisco 4948E switches in a distribution layer connected via a 20Gbps link at Layer 2 and two Cisco ME routers provided by an ISP running HSRP connected at Layer ...

Nicholas Beard · 07-01-2012

I have the following setup - 2 x Cisco ASA 5525X Series Firewalls2 x Cisco 4948E SwitchesThe switch configuration is as follows - I have approximately 30 customers configured with internal and external VLANs -Vlan 100name Customer A InInt vlan 100IP ...

Nicholas Beard · 06-21-2012

Hi All,I have a query regarding the usage of Public IPs and the typical Cisco gateway redundancy protocols such as VRRP, HSRP and GLBP. My query is over the wasted use of Public IPs by these specific protocols. My design is as follows - 2 x Cisco 4...

Nicholas Beard · 06-13-2012

Hi Folks,I have a setup as follows - 2 x Cisco ASA 5525X Series firewalls in an Active/Standby pair2 x Cisco 4948E Switches connected via 2 x TwinAx 10GbE cables (Layer 3)There are approximately 100 VLANs (which must remain seperate) being used in th...

Nicholas Beard · 05-04-2012

Hi All,Should be a straighforward easy question here - Can a Cisco 837 be utilised as a simple ethernet router and have its ATM/Dialer interfaces disabled.I have a customer who is using an ADSL router, i need to use the firewall on the Cisco 837 ther...

Nicholas Beard · 12-19-2012

I think the best solution here would be to change the layer 3 interfaces on the switches to a layer 2 access port in a specific "external" facing VLAN. Similar to the following - Switchport mode accessswitchport access vlan 100Add the VLAN to the la...

Nicholas Beard · 07-02-2012

Reza, Thanks for the response unfortunately we have already purchased the Cisco 5525X Series.I was doing some further thinking on this and believe if I remove the external VLANs from the 4948E switches and terminate the ISP connection into the Cisco...

Nicholas Beard · 07-01-2012

Hi Francesco, thanks for the response.Yes i had previously considered using Multiple Contexts but was hoping to avoid the additonal cost that comes with the extra licences, as by default you only have 2 with the 5525. I believe there is also a limit...

Nicholas Beard · 06-21-2012

It would appear I have jumped the gun with a famous ass-u-me!VRRP can be configured with the same interface IP address as Virtual address therefore only utilizing one IP address in total.Not sure the side effects to this yet though. See below - Swit...

Nicholas Beard · 06-13-2012

From my understanding you want to allow SMTP to pass out over the leased line from your local SMTP server and NOT the ADSL line. Is this correct?If this is the case, Jennifer is correct in stating you cannot configure two default routes on the ASA o...

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