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    The Walking Dead Season 4 - Official discussion thread

    My theory is that the alcoholic guy from the Waterboy picked up the baby. Remember he got shot through the shoulder, right? He and his two buddies were also in the courtyard and we saw them falling back about the time the kids abandoned the baby. Unless I'm off on the geography, I bet they...
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    Need recommendation in providing enterprise WiFi solution

    Well since you left it open - any reason not to use Cisco? I am only really familiar with the cisco solution so take my response with appropriate skepticism - but the 2500 series controller with the 1600 series access points would easily meet these requirements and was designed for this kind of...
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    Need a refresher with a 3560v2

    Yes, all ports on 3560/3750 (classic, E and X) all default to L2 interfaces. You need to issue "no switchport" to be able to assign an IP address.
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    Seeking Enterprise URL/Content Filter Solution

    Scansafe is not end of life or anything similar, in fact they are working furiously to add new data centers around the globe and upgrade the existing ones. Someone told me recently that it is squarely in the leaders quadrant for Gartner cloud proxy services, but I haven't verified that myself...
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    Port Types on Nexus 5000 Series

    I tried looking at the NX-OS interfaces config guide but didn't see any reference to "network" vs. "normal" ports. Could be I'm just missing it? Anyway, if you have the exact command syntax you can just google it and find out what the difference is. Meanwhile here are the config references if...
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    Seeking Enterprise URL/Content Filter Solution

    I haven't directly configured either PA or Cisco CX, but the marketing materials for both are very similar. The AD integration that Drebo mentioned is also supported on Cisco ASA (and juniper as well). Cisco does some interesting integration with Scansafe and Ironport WSA as well. Scansafe is...
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    Blocking torrents- ASA

    A couple of thoughts: The 5585-X is WAY overkill for what is being described here. A 5515-X will provide 350Mbps of CX (L7 firewall) throughput at like 1/20th the cost of a 5585-X with CX module. I won't read off all the specs, but they can be found here for all models...
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    UCS in traditional switch mode.... Nexus?

    I wish I knew the exact answer, but I pretty confident you won't be successful trying to convert the fabric interconnect to a N5k (even though the hardware is very similar). If simply "uninstalling UCS manager" is a supported option, you will easily find it in a google search. I don't believe it...
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    So I'm in the market for a few new switches... what would you guys recommend?

    Don't get that 10/100 2960 or the 2960G - both are not long for this earth. The 2960S with LAN-Lite will do the job and provide gig access ports. However it is more expensive. Here is the part #: WS-C2960S-48TS-S I found it for $2k on ebay, but you may be able to find a better price if you...
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    So I'm in the market for a few new switches... what would you guys recommend?

    I second/third the 2960S (or recently announced 2960X) or 3560X. For the branch office application the 2960S with LAN-lite features will do the job at a pretty low price point. The nice thing about the 3560X is dual power supplies, so it would probably be better suited for a data center ToR than...
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    Network specialist?

    In my experience piasabird is exactly right about this. If your hiring manager doesn't have a degree, then maybe you're in luck. But otherwise, having no degree can profile you as a "career technician", which isn't where you want to be. An associates or a degree from a technical college like ITT...
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    Network specialist?

    My experience: Degree is definitely a piece of paper, but an extremely valuable piece of paper. If you have aspirations of moving into mid-level or higher management, having a BA or MA is a huge benefit. Don't let anyone tell you different. Entry-level tech jobs however, not so much...
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    Data Center migration without any single downtime

    Yeah... first post, asking for advice on a project that would in theory have millions of dollars in revenue hanging in the balance, with a company that would in theory have a couple dozen full-time engineers providing support, and many millions invested in hardware and software. I call shens one...
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    Compare other vendors to Cisco for me

    It's been four days and no maniacal cisco-bashing yet? Everyone must be on vacation. Here's my $.02 to the OP: Q: Is any other vendor easier to use? Harder? A: In which respect do you mean? I will assume configuration for the time being. That is subjective - for instance Junos is very nice to...
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    Corporate firewalls

    For firewalls I only really know the Cisco stuff, but the entire ASA-X line supports L4-7 filtering, IPS, identity, etc, plus much faster firewall throughput. All in hardware, at least in theory. Also I agree with RadiclDreamer that ASDM has come a long way - I heard that Cisco hired a bunch of...