Tag: networking
Capture Files from Data Streams with Wireshark
Most networkers are familiar with the basic capabilities available in Wireshark. Packet captures are very helpful when troubleshooting a host of network problems. One feature folks may be less familiar with in Wireshark is it’s ability to actually save files that were seen as part of a packet capture.
Disable Domain Lookup on Typos
Don’t you hate when you type a command incorrectly and your Cisco IOS device seems to take forever to time out and give you back control? There is a way around this without fully disabling domain lockups!
Routing Protocol Basics
I wanted to take the opportunity to post some core basics for those of you just getting started with Cisco and routing protocols. The table below shows the protocol, the type of routing protocal and the default administrative distance of that protocol.
Tail Cat and Grep Your Log Files
I recently treated myself to a long overdue syslog server for our network devices. The system is on a Linux system (I would have it no other way) and has been instrumental to troubleshooting and auditing these past few weeks. You can read this article for some log parsing tricks ranging from basic to a […]