http://www.brandontek.com Life is short. Play with Cisco. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:44:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.brandontek.com/cisco/stacking-cisco-2960-s-switches/ http://www.brandontek.com/cisco/stacking-cisco-2960-s-switches/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:44:43 +0000 admin http://www.brandontek.com/?p=722 Back in January 2012, I went over the steps on stacking Cisco 3750 switches. You can view that article here. (Stacking Cisco 3750 switches) The steps to stack Cisco’s 2960-S switches are generally the same so I won’t go into too much detail, but I wanted to shed some light on it just to provide [...]]]> http://www.brandontek.com/cisco/stacking-cisco-2960-s-switches/feed/ 1 http://www.brandontek.com/labs/sonicwall-rack-kit-accessory/ http://www.brandontek.com/labs/sonicwall-rack-kit-accessory/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:00:19 +0000 admin http://www.brandontek.com/?p=714 SonicWALL has a rack kit for those who’ve purchased TZ and NSA series models that don’t conform to the 19″ rack standard. I was shocked to see how much effort was put into this rack kit. Typically the rack mounts would be nothing more than to extend smaller devices to 19″, but here, you can [...]]]> http://www.brandontek.com/labs/sonicwall-rack-kit-accessory/feed/ 0 http://www.brandontek.com/vmware/vmware-vcp-5-1-training/ http://www.brandontek.com/vmware/vmware-vcp-5-1-training/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:12:12 +0000 admin http://www.brandontek.com/?p=706 Today I wrapped up my VMware VCP 5.1 training from Global Knowledge. As I sit here on my couch, rainy/misty weather outside, I figured I’ll provide a little glimpse into the training for those that may be looking to attend the course. The official name of the course is: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or [...]]]> http://www.brandontek.com/vmware/vmware-vcp-5-1-training/feed/ 2 http://www.brandontek.com/cisco/stacking-cisco-3750-switches/ http://www.brandontek.com/cisco/stacking-cisco-3750-switches/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:47:27 +0000 admin http://www.brandontek.com/?p=578 There are a lot of articles out there on the web for Cisco’s 3750 switches. However, there is no promise that those blogs will continue to stay up, so I’ve decided to create my own blog with my own experiences with Cisco’s 3750-E’s and 3750-X switches with many tips along the way! I decided to [...]]]> http://www.brandontek.com/cisco/stacking-cisco-3750-switches/feed/ 12 http://www.brandontek.com/labs/sonicwall-nsa-250m-beta/ http://www.brandontek.com/labs/sonicwall-nsa-250m-beta/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:54:44 +0000 admin http://www.brandontek.com/?p=630 I apologize for the poor image quality. My iPhone 3G is past its prime. It says, “NSA 250 M”. Last month I was asked by SonicWALL to beta test their soon to be released NSA 250M firewall. This model will be replacing the NSA 240. In my opinion, the NSA series provide an excellent line [...]]]> http://www.brandontek.com/labs/sonicwall-nsa-250m-beta/feed/ 0 http://www.brandontek.com/entertainment/transformers-great-american-tour/ http://www.brandontek.com/entertainment/transformers-great-american-tour/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:52:30 +0000 admin http://www.brandontek.com/?p=608 Transformers, now one can meets the eye! Ok so what a treat. My Friday, September 30th 2011 ended in a 90MPH drive, one hour away from my office to a client who badly needed a very old server that we just brought back to my office last week. It was a Friday, rush hour, traffic [...]]]> http://www.brandontek.com/entertainment/transformers-great-american-tour/feed/ 0 http://www.brandontek.com/cisco/top-ten-it-certs/ http://www.brandontek.com/cisco/top-ten-it-certs/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:56:47 +0000 admin http://www.brandontek.com/?p=604 According to TechRepublic.com, SonicWALL’s CSSA edges out Cisco’s CCNA coming in at 5 and 6 respectively. I covered the CSSA course earlier this year that you can read here: SonicWALL CSSA I’ve honestly felt the last couple of years, Cisco has branched out a bit too far, this allowed other competitors into the market. With [...]]]> http://www.brandontek.com/cisco/top-ten-it-certs/feed/ 1 http://www.brandontek.com/networking/sonicwall-on-a-stick/ http://www.brandontek.com/networking/sonicwall-on-a-stick/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:27:47 +0000 admin http://www.brandontek.com/?p=584 SonicWALL’s never tasted so good! I touched up on this subject in my last blog titled, “Solutions to your SonicPoint WLAN Woes!” What I want to do here is go over what is traditionally known as “Router-on-a-Stick” or “ROAS”. In this case, “SonicWALL-on-a-Stick” or “SOAS”. The concept behind “ROAS” is that instead of taking a [...]]]> http://www.brandontek.com/networking/sonicwall-on-a-stick/feed/ 19 http://www.brandontek.com/networking/solution-to-your-sonicpoint-wlan-woes/ http://www.brandontek.com/networking/solution-to-your-sonicpoint-wlan-woes/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:18:35 +0000 admin http://www.brandontek.com/?p=556 I recently blogged an article on how to quickly and easily configure a SonicPoint with your SonicWALL firewall. If you haven’t read it, you can read it here before reading further. If you have read it, keep on reading! Below is an example of a typical but small deployment utilizing a SonicPoint for wireless access. [...]]]> http://www.brandontek.com/networking/solution-to-your-sonicpoint-wlan-woes/feed/ 75 http://www.brandontek.com/sonicwall/feeling-locked-out-reset-web-access-via-cli/ http://www.brandontek.com/sonicwall/feeling-locked-out-reset-web-access-via-cli/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:58:15 +0000 admin http://www.brandontek.com/?p=535 SonicWALL isn’t known for their CLI, and why would you really want to use it when you can easily administer the firewall from its web interface! Having access to the CLI can come in handy if you, for whatever reason, locked yourself out from web access. I will show you how you can reset/enable the [...]]]> http://www.brandontek.com/sonicwall/feeling-locked-out-reset-web-access-via-cli/feed/ 1