April 2013 – Router Switch Blog

Most Frequent Interview Questions for Network Engineers

Posted on April 28, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In the last article we listed 100 interview questions for network engineers. May be some of them are not often asked. Again, here we gathered most frequently asked interview questions for network engineers in most of the multinational companies in India. Most Frequent Interview Questions for…

Cisco, Google Top Greenpeace IT Ranking 2013

Posted on April 27, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In the middle and late of April (April 22 is the Earth Day) is every year, Greenpeace will release the latest version of its Cool IT Leaderboard, which remind us of protecting our world by possible ways. Who will be…

Secure SNMP in Cisco Switches and Routers

Posted on April 25, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

This article focus on the ways how we can secure SNMP access in Cisco Switches and Routers Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) uses the default UDP port 161 for general SNMP messages and UDP port 162 for SNMP trap messages. SNMP is a service used to perform network…

Top 100 Interview Questions for Network Engineers

Main Differences between Lines of Cisco 3750 Series Switches

Posted on April 23, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

What are the MAIN differences between Cisco’s highly successful lines of 3750 series switches? There is a brief overview of the biggest differences between the 3750 V2, 3750-E, and the 3750-X. This document does not cover the 3750 (V1) which…

How to Configure SNMP on Cisco IOS-based Router/Switch?

Posted on April 22, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

SNMP is an application-layer protocol that provides a message format for communication between SNMP managers and agents. The SNMP manager is the system used to control and monitors the activities of network hosts using SNMP; this is also called Network Management Station (NMS). This article explains how…

Cisco 3750 Stacking Configuration

Posted on April 20, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Process for replacing a failed master switch in a Cisco 3750 switch stack 1. Upgrade or downgrade the software on the replacement switch to match the rest of the switch stack The version of IOS running on the switch must…

The Way to Activate Your Cisco ASA 5500

Posted on April 18, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

We will show the Latest to activate the Cisco ASA 5500 firewall. Detailed info you can check as follows (Taken from Cisco’s Forum) CiscoASA# show activation-key Serial Number: ************ Running Activation Key: 0x7905c844 0x2c16a53f 0xe430dd6c 0xa6e428a8 0x05260b8b Licensed features for…

How to Connect to Cisco ASA?

Posted on April 16, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Although Cisco ASA by default ships with a configuration that already includes 2 preconfigured networks, (Outside network and Inside network configured to 192.168.1.0 subnet with configured DHCP server), which provides an easy way for establishing initial connection over Ethernet, there might be…

EoS and EoL Announcement for the Cisco Aironet 1260 Series

Posted on April 15, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Aironet 1260 Series. The last day to order the affected product(s) is October 7, 2013. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance…

Make Our Network Green, Love Our Earth

Posted on April 11, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Earth Day is observed on April 22 each year, which reminds us of protecting our world in every way we can do. Nowadays, we hardly live without modern technology, electrical energy, natural gas, coal, petrol, renewable energy sources and non-renewable…

Exciting, the State Of Social Ads

Posted on April 10, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Social media advertising is big business–Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter combined for well over five billion dollars in ad revenue in 2012. But while spending on social media ads continues to rise–81 percent of agencies and 75 percent of advertisers implemented social media…

EoS and EoL Announcement for the Cisco Aironet 1140 Series & Cisco Aironet 1040 Series

Posted on April 9, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Aironet 1140 Series & the Cisco Aironet 1040 Series. The last day to order the affected product(s) is October 1, 2013. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive…

Cisco ASA 5520 Basic Configuration Guide

Posted on April 8, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The bellow is a quick start to get your Cisco ASA off the ground by the means of a few print screens It provides an easier way of explaining how to connect to the system for common tasks without the…

Cisco Buys Firm Ubiquisys to Highlight Growing Interest in Small Cells

Posted on April 5, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The sale of U.K. hardware company Ubiquisys to Cisco is one Europe’s biggest tech exits of the past several years. Operators and telecom equipment vendors are showing a growing interest in small cells, which aim to give users improved coverage…

How to Select Power Supply for Catalyst 3750-X Series and Cisco 3560-X Switch?

Posted on April 3, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco Catalyst3750-X and 3560-X Series Switches are an enterprise-class lines of stackable and standalone switches, respectively. These switches provide high availability, scalability, security, energy efficiency, and ease of operation with innovative features such as Cisco StackPower (available only on the…

Configuring Static NAT on a Cisco ASA Security Appliance

Posted on April 2, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Two of the most common forms of network address translation (NAT) are dynamic port address translation (PAT) and static NAT. PAT is the many-to-one form of NAT implemented in many small office and home networks where many internal hosts, typically…