Category: Networking

  • Deploying a Wi-Fi Hotspot using CoovaChilli and Hostapd in Ubuntu

    Welcome! This is gonna be yet another post on setting up Wi-Fi Hotspot using CoovaChilli. I’m again writing in this topic because it has been the most searched for and viewed post in my whole blog. I’ve also received some private requests from people across the world regarding this subject. So, I’m going to dedicate this post…

  • Cisco UCS Mini – A Simple How-To

    Hello and welcome back. Today, let’s learn about Cisco’s Unified Computing Systems (UCS) technology. If you haven’t heard of Cisco UCS before, this might be a good opportunity for you to keep yourself updated with the recent developments in IT industry. Basically, UCS is an aggregation of computing systems, virtualization, switching fabric and centralized management for deploying…

  • Cisco MDS Switch Setup For FC Based SAN

    Welcome back! In this post, I’m getting into somehow different topic than my usual ones. Here, the subject matter that I’m diving into is storage traffic switching with Cisco MDS series switches. If you’re new to this subject, here are some basic introductions: First, Storage Area Network (SAN) is much like the well-known Local Area…

  • Route Based IPSec VPN in JunOS

    In this blog, I’m going to cover how to setup a Route based IPSec VPN in Juniper Networks’ JunOS. I hope you’ve read my previous blog which was about configuring Policy based IPSec VPN in JunOS. In case you haven’t, you can find it here: Policy Based IPSec VPN in JunOS The reason I’m mentioning about the…

  • Policy Based IPSec VPN Junos

    Hello! I’m going to dedicate this post to talk about Policy Based IPSec VPN in Juniper Networks device. For the purpose of setting up IPSec VPN, I’ve prepared a lab in GNS3 using three vSRX machines, one Cisco 2691 router and three Cirros machines. However, for now, I’ll be using only two vSRX devices for policy based VPN…

  • Getting Started With Juniper vSRX

    My objective here is to perform the basic configuration in a vSRX machine to provide Intenet access for its users sitting inside the local area network. For that purpose, I’m setting up DHCP, DNS, Default Route, Zones, Policies, and Source NAT in this virtual appliance. To get started, I designed a network topology in GNS3…

  • Running vSRX Within GNS3 In Ubuntu

    Hello and welcome back! In this blog, I’m going to cover a little different topic than my previous ones. This time, it’s about setting up Juniper‘s vSRX within GNS3 in Ubuntu. To briefly introduce the involved subjects; vSRX is the virtual firewall appliance made by Juniper Networks, GNS3 is the best open-source network simulation software…

  • Adding Networking in Vmware vSphere

    Hello and welcome! In this post, I’m going to add a new networking in Vmware vSphere. Networking is one of the most important aspects of any virtual or physical platform and reflecting the real-time requirements of networking in virtual environment is equally challenging. Each virtualization platform has its own approach towards networking and offers its own suite of…