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PodSnacks: Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) Management

Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q3/fcaps.mp3
And now for something completely different! Our topic today is network management. Managing a network, especially a large one, is a complex activity. It can, however, be thought of as a collection of five basic management domains, which can be described Read More...

PodSnack: Traceroute

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q3/traceroute.mp3
Recently, we did a session on Ping , a TCP/IP utility we find on most computers. Today, we look at another TCP/IP utility: traceroute . Where Ping tests for reachability and provides round-trip delay on an end-to-end basis, traceroute is really focused Read More...

PodSnack: Telnet

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/telnet.mp3
Let's go back to the Internet and look at yet another Application Layer protocol: Telnet . Telnet is a virtual terminal application that operates on the client/server model. Running over TCP to ensure end-to-end reliability, and using TCP Port 23 Read More...

PodSnacks: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 1 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/snmp.mp3
Today, we're responding to a request for information about the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). This is a critical protocol for any IP -based network. It defines how managers (software with a supervisory function) communicate with agents Read More...

PodSnacks: Network Management System

Posted Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q4/nms.mp3
When networks are critical, management becomes essential. In today's PodSnack, Michel will take you through the basic elements of a modern network management system (NMS) You can listen to (or download) today's featured PodSnack by clicking here Read More...

PodSnacks: Network Time Protocol

Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 7:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q3/ntp.mp3
One of the difficulties network administrators have in managing a network is coordinating network failure events. A single failure can create a multitude of effects within a network, but if the devices don't use a common time stamp, correlating these Read More...

PodSnacks: FCAPS

Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 8:04 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q3/fcaps.mp3
And now for something completely different! Our topic today is network management. Managing a network, especially a large one, is a complex activity. It can, however, be thought of as a collection of five basic management domains, which can be described Read More...

PodSnacks: Traceroute

Posted Monday, July 09, 2007 8:09 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q3/traceroute.mp3
Last Friday we did a session on Ping , a TCP/IP utility we find on most computers. Today, we look at another TCP/IP utility: traceroute . Where Ping tests for reachability and provides round-trip delay on an end-to-end basis, traceroute is really focused Read More...

PodSnacks: Telnet

Posted Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:29 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/telnet.mp3
Let's go back to the Internet and look at yet another Application Layer protocol: Telnet . Telnet is a virtual terminal application that operates on the client/server model. Running over TCP to ensure end-to-end reliability, and using TCP Port 23 Read More...

PodSnacks: Simple Network Management Protocol

Posted Monday, May 28, 2007 9:35 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/snmp.mp3
We are working our way through the list of requests we have received for PodSnacks, so if you've made a request and haven't seen it yet, hang in there. It will be coming. Today, we're responding to a request for information about the Simple Read More...