Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # StaticNAT StaticNAT ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](http://staticnat.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [New Day, New Role](http://staticnat.com/new-day-new-role/) - I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve recently stepped into a new role as Solutions Architect at Sweetwater Technology Services! This opportunity marks a significant milestone in my career, allowing me to deepen my expertise and broaden my impact in designing and delivering IT solutions for clients across diverse sectors. What This Means In this role, - [To New Adventures.](http://staticnat.com/to-new-adventures/) - First and foremost, I want to express my profound gratitude for an amazing eight years at Sauce Labs. From 2016 to now, I'm extremely proud of what we've accomplished. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to build not just one, but two world-class teams during my time at Sauce, working alongside many others - [Things Change. Some New content.](http://staticnat.com/things-change-some-new-content/) - Once again it has been awhile. But I wanted to get some new content out. This year I was elected as a member of the board for WAA. Part of my time on the board will include writing articles for our membership. From the second I heard this I knew what I wanted to do. - [VLOG: Things are Hard.](http://staticnat.com/vlog-things-are-hard/) - [The Lost Year: Back to Work](http://staticnat.com/the-lost-year-back-to-work/) - 2015 was tough just no getting around it. I started the year working with an amazing team as the CTO of a company I really believed in and the COO of the company that was supposed to be my future. By the end of 2015, I had been through 3 jobs (all of my own - [#WhoIS is BACK!](http://staticnat.com/whois-is-back/) - WOW it has been a long time. It has taken life and career changes to get me back to the point that I have been able to really think about picking this up again. I have had amazing feedback from the original audience and I am hoping to do even better for you al this - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Setup for Automation](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-setup-for-automation/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be doing the initial setup for automation on a Cisco IOS Device. In General this will work on any Cisco IOS Device. Session Prerequisites: You have a Cisco Console Cable You have a serial port You have a Terminal Program that you can access your - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Router, Setup Interface as Dot1q Trunk](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-router-setup-interface-as-dot1q-trunk/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will show the routing table on a Cisco Router. In General this will work on any Cisco IOS Router. - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Switch, Setup IP Device Tracking](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-setup-ip-device-tracking/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be setting up IP Device Tracking on a Cisco IOS Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco IOS switch. Session Prerequisites: You have terminal or console access to your Cisco device. Session Assumptions: You have host devices connected to your switch Our goals of - [Get Coding!](http://staticnat.com/get-coding-post/) - So lets start off with I am an old dog and I am learning new tricks. My entire career I have avoided the dreaded programing. In college I slid by my degree requirement for a coding class by taking Visual Basic for Industrial applications. I hated it. Debugging drove me nuts and there is still - [Money Where My Mouth is, Get Coding Giveaway (UPDATE 2.0)](http://staticnat.com/money-where-my-mouth-is-get-coding-giveaway/) - WE HAVE WINNERS!! Big Congratulations to: John Swanson & Dustin Plunkett Hoping to get them both on the blog in the near future. Thanks to everyone who participated. Sign up for ACL, The StaticNAT Newsletter for future offers and to see what we are doing here at StaticNAT! So lately I have been on a - [What did you Expect? Part 5, Basic Error Handling.](http://staticnat.com/what-did-you-expect-part-5-basic-error-handling/) - In the first four parts of What did you Expect, we covered the basics of getting started with automating interactions for network equipment. In the first few posts it was important have a networking environment that was 100% stable. The last thing I needed when I was trying to learn to use python to automate network - [What did you Expect? Part 1: Connecting to Cisco IOS](http://staticnat.com/what-did-you-expect-part-1-connecting-to-cisco-ios/) - Most of my career I have been an network operator. In that time there have been many repetitive tasks that I wish I could have automated but I simply did not not have the skill or knowledge to do anything about it. So when Big Matt Stone sat down and showed me what writing code in - [What did you Expect? Part 2: Working with VLANS](http://staticnat.com/what-did-you-expect-part-2-working-with-vlans/) - So we started off in Part 1 breaking down what a basic SSH connection and authentication looks like using Python and Expect. To add some context to this I am using the pexpect library for Python. This library falls back on system level tools like the the SSH client inside OSX or Linux. I can't - [Back to the basics. Installing Ubuntu Server 14.04](http://staticnat.com/back-to-the-basics-installing-ubuntu-server-14-04/) - Back in 1996 when I started this game there were lots of things I had not done. Now days it seems like everyone I meet is 18, running service provider networks and writing code in all the hip new languages. That is not the reality of the world. The reality is that we all start - [What did you Expect? Part 3, Fixing Stuff and Scaling Out.](http://staticnat.com/what-did-you-expect-part-3-fixing-stuff-and-scaling-out/) - When you setup to learn new things you are bound to get a bit sideways once and awhile. With writing code I think that is even more the case. You start out with an idea and if your lucky like I have been so far it starts to flow and things just work. But in - [What did you Expect? Part 4, Working with Flat Files.](http://staticnat.com/what-did-you-expect-part-4-working-with-flat-files/) - So far so good. In Part 1 we connected to a Cisco switch and and performed basic Authentication with Expect. Part 2 we expanded on that and added configuration to our code that added a VLAN and configured an interface. But as I have already stated we are writing quite a bit of code just to - [Setup GNS3 Automation Network in OSX](http://staticnat.com/setting-up-automation-test-network-in-gns3-in-osx/) - I have been working to learn how to use Python to automate interactions with network devices. Due to what I have in my lab and the fact that we have GNS to model Cisco Networks I started with IOS. In order to really test out the automation scripts I have been building, I felt it - [NAT Store: The books you read and the stuff you use.](http://staticnat.com/nat-store-the-books-you-read-and-the-stuff-you-use/) - One of the lines that I have taken to heart in Life is "your only difference between now and ten years from now will be the books you read and the people you meet". I read it years ago and since then I have doubled down on my reading. Prior to this I was reading - [A Few Easy Steps: Python, Build a multi-device ping tool](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-python-build-a-multi-device-ping-tool/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will build a multi-device ping tool in Python. Session Prerequisites: You must have Python 2.7 installed on the host your are running this from. You need at least two host to test against Our goals for this session are: Build a quick ping testing tool with Python - [A Few Easy Steps: Python, Installing PIP](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-python-installing-pip/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will install the PIP Package Manager for Python. In General this will work on any Python Install. Session Prerequisites: You must have Super User Access to the system your installing on. Your System must have Python already installed. Your System must have internet access. Our - ["the books you read and the people you meet"](http://staticnat.com/the-books-you-read-and-the-people-you-meet/) - Ever since I saw Dave Ramsey at Catalyst a few years ago I have been a huge fan. Then last February we went through Financial Peace University. From that point on I have pretty much become a zealot. Yeah I'll admit it. Since February we have led two more FPU classes and until our local - [Just what the doctor didn't order.](http://staticnat.com/just-what-the-doctor-didnt-order/) - Every damn day we are pushed to succeed and I have made a pretty good career at doing just that. Yes things go wrong and sometimes I really mess up. But overall I win. But with every single big and even most small wins come hundreds of little failures. Those add up. - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Configure Loopback Interface](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-configure-loopback-interface/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will Setup a Loopback address on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any L3 Cisco IOS Device. Session Prerequisites: You have a Cisco Console Cable You have a serial port You have a Terminal Program that you can access your Serial Port Session - [Setting up Python on OSX: UPDATED](http://staticnat.com/setting-up-python-on-osx/) - I have spent quite a bit of time over the past few weeks trying to see how development will fit into the course of my career moving forward. With the help of some great people like Matt Stone and Matt Oswalt I am charging ahead with Python. This post is about setting up my Mac - [youfail@email.com : Digital Life Segmentation](http://staticnat.com/youfailemail-com-digital-life-segmentation/) - In 2015 I am really surprised that I am writing this. At this point I have been using email since 1994. Granted I was a bit ahead of the curve but not by a huge margin. So If I am generous and say that 1996 was the year that email became a mainstream technology then - [WhoIS Episode 002: Stephen Foskett](http://staticnat.com/whois-episode-002-stephen-foskett/) - n this Episode of WhoIS, we have our first guest Stephen Foskett. I was thrilled for the opportunity to talk to Stephen following Network Field Day 5 and I think you will enjoy our conversation. - [WhoIS Episode 004: Tom Hollingsworth](http://staticnat.com/whois-episode-004-tom-hollingsworth/) - In this Episode of WhoIS: We speak to Tom Hollingsworth - [WhoIS Episode 003: Jennifer Huber](http://staticnat.com/whois-episode-003-jennifer-huber/) - In this Episode of WhoIS, we have our guest is Jennifer Huber. - I was thrilled for the opportunity to talk to Jennifer about her Career, Wireless and whats next in Tech. - [WhoIS Episode 5: Greg Ferro (@Etherealmind)](http://staticnat.com/whois-episode-5-greg-ferro-etherealmind/) - In this episdoe of WhoIS we talk to Greg Ferro (@etherealmind on Twitter) about his life and career. We were both worn out after Nework Field Day but it made for a great episode! - [IT IS NEW SERVER TIME!](http://staticnat.com/new-server/) - I want to apologize to all of you who may have been trying to use the site. Earlier this year I moved off of a shared hosting platform that had served me well for years. However in the year prior to the move things had just bogged down no matter how I tried to optimize - [Pardon Our Mess: StaticNAT.COM](http://staticnat.com/pardon-our-mess-staticnat-com/) - If you have been following me for any amount of time you will know that StaticNAT.com has gone through a few changes. This is no different. Sorry for any hassles this causes. The reality is that I moved to a dedicated host for this site I think about a year ago. Things have not been - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Set Speed and Duplex](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-set-speed-and-duplex/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will set the Speed and Duplex on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco IOS Device. - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Switch, Setup Banners](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-setup-banners/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will Setup a Login Banner on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco IOS Device. - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Show Routes](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-delete-interface-configuration/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will show the routing table on a Cisco Router. In General this will work on any Cisco IOS Device with Layer 3 capabilities. - [Going Deep, when A few Easy Steps is Not Enough](http://staticnat.com/going-deep-when-a-few-easy-steps-is-not-enough/) - So as we have been working through A Few Easy Steps, our series designed be provide immediately actionable content, we have seen the need for a series that goes more in depth. So with some feedback from our great friends on twitter we have decided to launch a new series we are calling Going Deep. - [NAAATTT!!!!](http://staticnat.com/naaattt/) - Ok I know this will pull a significant amount of hate from all of the NAT haters. 99.9% of the time I would agree. However our business is unique. That is the first thing I am going to layout for sake of the discussion that will happen. What we do: We do real time - [DuctTape and Popsicle Sticks](http://staticnat.com/ducttape-and-popsicle-sticks/) - So I hear all the time from people how smart they think I am and how much value I bring. I will be honest I have a really hard time with this. I may not be what most would consider humble but I don't blow sunshine up my own ass either. I am limited, I - [Method and Madness: How to fix what other people broke](http://staticnat.com/method-and-madness-how-to-fix-what-other-people-broke/) - I will be the first to admit that I make mistakes. I make lots of mistakes. But I learned a long time ago that it is not the mistakes that define us but what we do when we make them. To that point it is both fascinating and infuriating when I enter someone's network land - [Do Not Social Engineer Yourself out of Clients or your Job!](http://staticnat.com/do-not-social-engineer-yourself-out-of-clients-or-your-job/) - About 9 months or so ago a weird thing happened to me. I had been using Twitter heavily and liked the idea behind 4Square. So I added the app to my BlackBerry and started checking in. Then as I prepared to meet a friend after work at his office I got a call from - [Winbook 37T1 and Sony RM-AV3000 THANK YOU GOD!](http://staticnat.com/winbook-37t1-and-sony-rm-av3000-thank-you-god/) - Nice and simple post. After 3 years of Having our Winbook 37T1 LCD Which as been a great Cheap TV. I Paid $399 New for it. And 2 Years of having my Sony RM-AV3000 that I traded a set of JBL PC speakers for I can say that they work together. Tonight I just sat - [ALL YOUR AP’s ARE BELONG TO CONTROLLER ….](http://staticnat.com/all-your-aps-are-belong-to-controller/) - Recently we got an order of Cisco 1142 Access Points in. What we discovered was that if you order a 5 pack you end up with Autonomous Access Points. If you order the 10 pack you can choose Autonomous or LWAPP. Anyway we needed the ones we ordered to be LWAPP for the environment they - [If you Strike us down we will only become stronger. #GartnerSucks](http://staticnat.com/if-you-strike-us-down-we-will-only-become-stronger-gartnersucks/) - I have felt this way for awhile, Gartner sucks! While I worked for the State of Ohio I saw several instances of what appeared to be more than independent reviews of a product/technology. And pretty much ever since then I have viewed Gartner and other analysts with a HUGE grain of salt and I mean - [Been a good day. Got me some getlibs!](http://staticnat.com/been-a-good-day-got-me-some-getlibs/) - So on my personal laptop (Dell Lattitude D630) I installed Ubuntu 64bit 9.10. I did this for two reasons. This is the same laptop I have for work and it is safer to mess with this one and know that it works then the one I have to use every day. I really want my - [Free Prize Inside](http://staticnat.com/free-prize-inside-2/) - So I will start off by admitting that the title of this post comes from Seth Godin and his book Free Prize Inside. Let me start of by saying if you are an idea person read this book. But that is not what I want to focus on today. Part of this blog that I - [I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!](http://staticnat.com/i-have-the-power/) - It is funny how things cycle. We have been doing a bunch of Cisco 4500 installs ranging from 4506's through the 4510 and even a few 6500s in the mix. And no matter how hard we try we have power issues with them every single time. We either are in a hurry and spec the - [Zombie Outbreak Prevention or how to kill your network.](http://staticnat.com/zombie-outbreak-prevention-or-how-to-kill-your-network/) - Had and interesting call with a client today. Initially they though that their AIP20 IPS module had died. In the process they lost almost all communication to the internet. At first I was afraid that I had not used ips inline fail-open sensor vs0 and that the unit had failed and blocked all traffic. However - [Where the Heck are My TenGigabit Interfaces?](http://staticnat.com/where-the-heck-are-my-tengigabit-interfaces/) - Well the picture to the right shows exactly where they are. In the past we have dealt with 1Gbps interfaces on supervisors that had both RJ-45 and SFP slots and it was an either/or decision if you wanted to use them. In those cases you had a config entry that required you to state SFP - [What on earth can I do with this stupid PC Card Slot...](http://staticnat.com/what-on-earth-can-i-do-with-this-stupid-pc-card-slot/) - So for the past two years I have been a Mac guy. I have fallen in love with the clean easy to use interface of OSX coupled with the power of the base os for when I need to get down and dirty on a network. Along with this love affair I had come the - [Welcome to my 127.0.0.1!](http://staticnat.com/welcome-to-my-127001/) - Well if you have not yet figured it out this site is going to be dedicated to the networking community. I have been part of this community now since 1996 in some capacity. Currently I am a Networking Consultant for an upscale integrator in Columbus, Ohio. I am spinning this site up for several reasons. - [PRTG, MRTG for Windows Refined.](http://staticnat.com/prtg-mrtg-for-windows-refined/) - Whether you have been a part of the networking community for years or are stumbling across this post in a search for a way to identify how much traffic your server or network connection is using, Paessler Router Traffic Grapher is for you. Historically if your were trying to get a handle on traffic, CPU - [Cisco PIX to ASA not what it seems.](http://staticnat.com/cisco-pix-to-asa-not-what-it-seems/) - We I am still behind in getting configs published. But please know that they are coming. This is a hobby for me and like most hobbies it is lower in my priority queue than work and family. One of the items that took priority this week was a conversion from a pair of PIX 515sto - [And DDOS will rule them all.](http://staticnat.com/and-ddos-will-rule-them-all/) - Wow...crazy past few days. We have had lots of snow and bitter cold temperatures here in Ohio this week. That has led most of my education clients to be closed since Monday. While this may not be great for them it has allowed me to get into their buildings and perform some major upgrades that - [ASA VPN Commands to Remember](http://staticnat.com/asa-vpn-commands-to-remember/) - From time to time I'll just post these quick little snippets of code. Honestly, this is so I have a reference for them in the future. This set comes from troubleshooting why my VPN would connect but not allow me to see the networks I had allowed in my VPN GROUP ACE. This command allows - [My thoughts on "How I Hacked Your LinkSys Router Which You Probably Bought at Best Buy"](http://staticnat.com/my-thoughts-on-how-i-hacked-your-linksys-router-which-you-probably-bought-at-best-buy/) - From a Network Engineer's point of view this is exactly what is wrong with todays home networking methodology. Every night when I get home from work I follow the same rough routine. I plop down on the couch power on my laptop and connect to my home network via wireless. After doing so I check - [Layer 3 Access Control lists.](http://staticnat.com/layer-3-access-control-lists/) - This is another one of those posts that is mainly for me but hopefully some of you might get some millage out of it also. When using L3 Access Lists on Routers or L3 Switches to manage traffic this is the best way to look at things; View your Physical Interface or your VLAN Interface - [reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255 What does it really mean?](http://staticnat.com/reliability-255255-txload-1255-rxload-1255-what-does-it-really-mean/) - All of us who work on routers and switches have had to do a show interface command. Some of the information we gleam form that command is straight forward. Other little tidbits aren't quite so forthcoming with their purpose or meaning. This is the case with teh reliability x/255 txload x/255 and rxload x/255. If - [You can thank the President for this one....DLST 2007.](http://staticnat.com/you-can-thank-the-president-for-this-onedlst-2007/) - Well we have known about this for quite awhile. I have mentioned it to clients and my internal support folks at my company. But wouldn't you know it we are a day past the new Daylight Savings Time implementation and I'm getting calls and frantic people running back to my desk wondering if the sky - [Three weeks in two, bah who needs sleep.](http://staticnat.com/three-weeks-in-one-bah-who-needs-sleep/) - Ok based on the title and the personal info I am about to divuldge I should be in bed right now. I tried that and I just cant go to slleep so I figured I would fuel the growing masses that are checking out Staticnat. As last week ended I knew things were going to - [Cisco 3600 Password Recovery](http://staticnat.com/cisco-3600-password-recovery/) - Not much to say here. This points to Cisco's site. I just got tired of googling it. Enjoy. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/474/pswdrec_3600.shtml Powered by ScribeFire. - [Digital Demons, lets cast them out of our digital homes.](http://staticnat.com/digital-demons-lets-cast-them-out-of-our-digital-homes/) - Back on March 19th of this year I posted, "Three weeks in two, bah who needs sleep.", I must have lied because between those two weeks and the subsequent crazy weeks following I pretty much fell off the map. During the aforementioned two weeks though I visited Ottawa, Canada for Sales and Engineering training for - [Cacti on Ubuntu 7.04, 8 steps to the a flexible and functional setup.](http://staticnat.com/cacti-on-ubuntu-704-8-steps-to-the-a-flexible-and-functional-setup/) - I'm going to make this quick and to the point. Look for details in my upcoming post "Cacti the killer monitoring app? I have now installed Ubuntu 7.04 Server and Cacti in some form more than 18 times in the past two weeks. Most of those have been a frustrating failure! I am by no - [Level 3 Hijinx...I think there is a Microsoft mole in the network.](http://staticnat.com/level-3-hijinxi-think-there-is-a-microsoft-mole-in-the-network/) - I was on client site today troubleshooting some bandwidth problems. The first issue ended up being a power outage the night before had kept the edge router from coming up clean. A reload and a quick check of the config and life was good again. Currently this particular edge site for the client only has - [Google said who visited my site? Oh the DOD that makes sence.](http://staticnat.com/google-said-who-visited-my-site-oh-the-dod-that-makes-sence/) - Just wanted to get a new post up for those of you who check up on my little slice of the web. I am still alive but just buried in work and personal endeavors. One of those happens to be that my wife Patti is Pregnant with our second child. Currently she is about 8 - [Bridge Building Geek Style](http://staticnat.com/bridge-building-geek-style/) - One of the Cisco Sales reps I work for called me a few months back and said hey why don't we use a Cisco Wireless setup and client X to save them a bunch of money? My reply was...crap why didn't I think of that followed by sure let me get to working on it. - [The King has left the building...err...the web. (Final Update)](http://staticnat.com/the-king-has-left-the-buildingerrthe-web/) - Thats right kiddies. Cisco.com is off line. I have a pending case with TAC in which I was supposed to download files with special access. Stay tuned for that story later. However as I tried to get the files all my attempts to contact anything off of the Cisco main page game up dead. I - [I will RULE them all!!!!! hey who turned out the lights.... (Why Cisco Went off the Air.)](http://staticnat.com/i-will-rule-them-all-hey-who-turned-out-the-lights-why-cisco-went-off-the-air/) - Ok I lied. I am going to put out another update about the Cisco .com outage that I reported here a few days ago. I talked to one of my contacts within Cisco Engineering and was told "I can't disclose alot but it was a power outage." My reply to him was that I was - [ASA LDAP Auth the nice and easy way.](http://staticnat.com/asa-ldap-auth-the-nice-and-easy-way/) - Ok so I have been beating my head on ASA to LDAP auth (temporary fix till my client spins up RADIUS) but thanks to the great LDAP group at Cisco TAC I"m up and working. The piont of this post is to take what we tend to know about LDAP client configs and adjust it - [This week I will be at the shore...did I bring my Sunblock?](http://staticnat.com/this-week-i-will-be-at-the-shoredid-i-bring-my-sunblock/) - I am sure that at this point most of you have had some sort of experience with VOIP. My personal experiences are very mixed. On the Enterprise side I have worked on a multi-million dollar install of Cisco VOIP on a new all Cisco Network and it was less than spectacular. As a consultant I - [Upon us all a little rain must fall.](http://staticnat.com/upon-us-all-a-little-rain-must-fall/) - Led Zeppelin said it best I guess. This past week Ohio along with lots of other states got hit with the remains of hurricane Dean. So far it has been the most damaging storm for my clients in my short consulting career. The first call came on Tuesday morning August 21st. That call was from - [Always Flush when your done!!!](http://staticnat.com/always-flush-when-your-done/) - One of my clients has had their web server exposed to the wild world of the internet now for several years. Up till about a year and a half ago many systems on their network actually had IP ANY ANY statements cut through from the Outside of their Firewall to the Inside. However it has - [The Great Hope](http://staticnat.com/the-great-hope/) - This is outside of my normal topics but still kinda relevent. Last june we went on vacation with my inlaws. My father is law is a cool guy who worked in the accounting department of Ohio University after his stint in the Army and a brief trip to the FBI as a runner for Agents - [Reverb in the Forge....a Catalyst to Leadership.](http://staticnat.com/reverb-in-the-forgea-catalyst-to-leadership/) - Life is interesting where it takes us and what the path looks like along the way. I have worked in Higher Ed, Government, Consulting, for myself and all sorts of funky combinations in between. Since I was young though I have been told that I am a leader. What I didn't realise until about three - [Here in the datacenter I have been tracking the elusive Chassis Serial#...](http://staticnat.com/here-in-the-datacenter-i-have-been-tracking-the-elusive-chassi-serial/) - Here is how you find it on Cisco Chassis running IOS Show idprom backplane Enjoy - [The Magical Disappearing ASA ACL.](http://staticnat.com/the-magical-disappearing-asa-acl/) - I was on a client site about a month ago finishing an ASA install running PIX IOS 7.2.3. We were moving the client from flat ACLs to Object Group based ACLs, Object groups and named hosts. But for whatever reason we were having problems with the ACL. So from the command line I planned on - [Open wide I need to see all your packets!](http://staticnat.com/open-wide-i-need-to-see-all-your-packets/) - I have been doing alot of reading lately about network monitoring, IDS, network problem diagnosis and other such topics. Out of that reading I have been picking up on something that was totally left out of my education in the finer arts of networking. That something is the necessary use of network TAPS for full - [Captain the warp subsystems are down what should we do?!!!](http://staticnat.com/captain-the-warp-subsystems-are-down-what-should-we-do/) - Over the last two years I have become quite the Mac/OSX fan. For years I was down on apple and to this day think I had every right to be. But with OS 10.4 and now 10.5 they have created a powerful and flexible unix distribution for the general user and the power users. However - [Now children we are going to disect a packet...eww!!!!](http://staticnat.com/now-children-we-are-going-to-disect-a-packeteww/) - I would like to welcome a cool new resource to out party. openpacket is a cool site that takes traffic capture files of a set type of traffic ranging from Normal, Suspicious to Malicious. Being able to reference these captures could be very beneficial when it comes to diagnosing network issues. So surf on over - [Exit stage right....enter Netech.](http://staticnat.com/exit-stage-rightenter-netech/) - Not that everyone knows where I work but I am moving from a mixed VAR and BISCI shop tommarow to my new profesional home at Netech I expect to be posting more in the near future considering I will be living out of a hotel for a few months. That and exposure to my new - [I put my bird in Fort Knox...go on try to steal it.](http://staticnat.com/i-put-my-bird-in-fort-knoxgo-on-try-to-steal-it/) - If you follow staticnat then you will know that I recently started a new job. They issued me a new Dell Latitude D630 including the upgraded video card. This was bit a of a change since I have been using a Macbook exclusively for the past two years. What I learned to love about the - [Who knew....](http://staticnat.com/who-knew/) - Who knew that my last post on an encrypted backup drive would be so timely. Last night while testing a piece of software something went horribly awry. One moment I was in my Windows partition working away and the next my laptop rebooted and informed me there was not bootable OS on my hard drive. PANIC!!! I - [Seven more reasons Packetlife.net ROCKS!](http://staticnat.com/seven-more-reasons-packetlife-net-rocks/) - Stretch over at Packetlife goes above and beyond when it comes to practical network blogging. Even more he publishes insanely good cheet sheets that I print, laminate and carry with me every day. Often a customer will have a question and I pull out the handy cheet sheet and just leave it with them. So - [Blinded me with Science! So how do I turn off the LED on my Cisco APs?](http://staticnat.com/blinded-me-with-science-so-how-do-i-turn-off-the-led-on-my-cisco-aps/) - One of our Engineers asked "Anyone know how to disable the AP led?" Shortly thereafter our wireless products manager responded "config ap led-state disable ". Let me just say I really really like working with lots of smart people who have been there and done that. Next let me say TURN OFF that frigging light! - [Fibre Channel Notes from Learning Session](http://staticnat.com/fibre-channel-notes-from-learning-session/) - San Components: Multi-Protocol Storage Routers (ex. MDS 9222i) Supports FC, FCIP, iSCSI (Initiators and Targets) 1,2,4,8 and 10 Gbps FC and 1Gbps Ethernet (10 G is for Switch to Switch trunking. Not HBA's exist) Server Based config and management just like Nexus with DCNM Nexus 5000 Combined Ethernet and FC switch 8 ports of 1/2/4 - [The Great Hope Re-Visited](http://staticnat.com/the-great-hope-re-visited/) - So back in October of 2007 I posted The Great Hope. Since then a lot has changed for me especially in my world and view of finances. Back then I was struggling to pay things off and hanging onto promises made by employers that were never kept. Today I am a Dave Ramsey zealot! So - [DHCP is Doing What?](http://staticnat.com/dhcp-is-doing-what/) - Recently, we had a branch site complete the renovation of a new wing. In doing so, we had to build a new telecom closet to feed the area. We added another stack of 3750's, that connected back to the pre-existing closet via 1Gig fiber link (which that closet then connects back to our core via - [Sometimes we just dont need routing](http://staticnat.com/sometimes-we-just-dont-need-routing/) - More than once lately I have come across L3 capable switches that have ip routing enabled by default even though it is not visible in the config. This has happened on every single 4500, 4900, 3560 and 3750 I have touched in the past 6 months. So I am pretty well aware that the first - [For a Good Time Forward Your Ports.](http://staticnat.com/for-a-good-time-forward-your-ports/) - Over the past few months I have been ramping up for the next phase of my career. I strongly believe that Data Center technologies are going to power the future of not only servers and applications but indeed all sectors of IT services including networking. Recent announcements from both Cisco and VMware about competing virtual - [Get Your ACS in Order!](http://staticnat.com/get-your-acs-in-order/) - ACS 1113 Appliance Password and IP Change Process: 1. Insert ACS Recover CD into DVD-Drive 2. Connect Console Cable (DB9 to DB9) to Laptop and Appliance 3. Start Terminal Session with Following (115200, 8, None, 1, NONE) 4. Connect Monitor and Keyboard to ACS Appliance 5. Power Cycle ACS Appliance 6. Use Keyboard and mouse - [Stupid Certs](http://staticnat.com/stupid-certs/) - So after a few weeks of messing around with my lab and getting my CCNP study materials ordered, I started prepping for my CCNP this weekend. My plan was to knock down my CCNP by the January 2011 and then jump right into my CCIE R/S Studies and take my written no later than January - [TACACS+ on Nexus 7000](http://staticnat.com/tacacs-on-nexus-7000/) - I have been through a couple of these Nexus deployments now that use a combination of 7Ks, 5Ks, and 2Ks. If you know anything about this platform you know that TACACS and AAA only really apply to the 7K and 5Ks. Here is my working template of what it takes to get these guys talking - [Welcome to the HP Dream world where reality does not apply.](http://staticnat.com/welcome-to-the-hp-dream-world-where-reality-does-not-apply/) - So last night while working on a Scalable Compute and storage design for a client, this post popped up in my twitter stream from @ErinatHP; “New HP blog post "In the light of day – the Cisco UCS hype doesn’t match the promise" ; UCS not all its marketed to be http://bit.ly/dKj88W” So in my - [Josh’s Rules on Selling Solutions](http://staticnat.com/joshs-rules-on-selling-solutions/) - So here I am at 2:15 AM. Storming outside and me all hopped up on caffeine. I just took a break from righting my last post: Welcome to the HP Dream world where reality does not apply. During that little breather I though you know what people must think I am a Cisco Zealot. Well - [Moving on up. From VAR to VP.](http://staticnat.com/431/) - I left the world of Government employment about six years ago. At the time I was questioning if I even wanted to keep doing the whole IT thing. Some people are wired to work for lazy bureaucrats who lie cheat and steal their way through the governmental ranks. I am not. That 3.5 year experience - ["the best $1.80 I ever spent"](http://staticnat.com/the-best-1-80-i-ever-spent/) - If your not sure what the title quote is from Check out Young Guns 2. As for this post however keep reading to see if I ever get to a point. Currently it is 3:37am in the morning. Again I can't sleep. Not sure if I rested to much today after a week of almost - [Quick and Dirty...Ooohhhh....Yeahhhh](http://staticnat.com/quick-and-dirty-ooohhhh-yeahhhh/) - Quick and dirty is how I like it when I have 4000 menial tasks to get done. So another oldy but goody that I had to dig up today was how to delete a full directory structure and its contents from a Cisco files system. So here it is enjoy. From normal enable mode: delete - [Storage Wars the Epic Battle Rages On](http://staticnat.com/storage-wars-the-epic-battle-rages-on/) - So tonight as I was getting into bed I did my normal scan twitter to see who I have pissed off or what might be going on that should rob me of sleep. Well tonight @david_Strebel asked the following questions; "Who thinks FCoE will win over iSCSI?" and I responded "Not I" and then David - [Quit loosing your KEYS!](http://staticnat.com/quit-loosing-your-keys/) - I know as a Network professional I should never forget a WPA key. Docs Docs Docs. But tonight I was setting up someone else 's computer and forgot our general WPA PSK and did not want to dig for it in the password vault. So I cheated. In OSX go to Spotlight and type Keychain - [Fake it till ya make it!](http://staticnat.com/fake-it-till-ya-make-it/) - So no one who is reading this should be in the dark about some of the interesting things I have been doing as of late. But if you are here is a quick re-cap. Language Access Network my employer is undergoing an installation of a first of its kind Video Call Center. I will more - [Made it to the Bigs. Network Field Day 3.](http://staticnat.com/made-it-to-the-bigs-network-field-day-3/) - Wow so here I am just a few days from flying to San Jose for Network Field Day #3. What an honor! A bit over a year ago I sadly had to decline Steve Foskett's invitation to attend a field day. Ever since then I was hoping I had not blown my chance to be - [Fresh Coat of Paint](http://staticnat.com/fresh-coat-of-paint/) - Not going to be a crazy long post here. Just wanted anyone who is returning to my humble site to know that ownership has not changed, just some new paint and and a really cool framework in the background. After being at Network Field Day 3 I wanted to clean some things up. Talking with - [Vendors Beware](http://staticnat.com/vendors-beware/) - Simply put I am not going to target a specific vendor in this post but if you work for an IT vendor (Telco, SP, MSP, Hardware/Software maker, VAR, LAR, distributor, consultant) this list is a warning of the things you can do to really piss me off. It is not just me it is all - [Why I do what I do.](http://staticnat.com/why-i-do-what-i-do/) - Hi my name is Josh O'Brien. I am the CTO of Language Access Network. We provide remote video language services to hospitals and clinics across the United States. Blah Blah Blah .I go through this at least once a day and sometimes as many as ten times a day. Also every day I hear about all - [VMWorld 2012 Full Disclosure Statement](http://staticnat.com/vmworld-2012-full-disclosure-statement/) - VMWorld 2012 Full Disclosure Statement This year I was asked by Nutanix, who is my storage and compute vendor to be in their booth as a customer of reference. Nutanix was gracious enough to pay for my Conference pass, my hotel and my airfare to get here. However Nutanix did not pay me for my - [Cloud oh sorry I mean....Clown Vendors.](http://staticnat.com/cloud-oh-sorry-i-mean-clown-vendors/) - VMWorld 2012 Disclosure Statement So VMWorld 2012 is my first true IT convention. I have done regional education conferences, industry conferences like HIMMS and some trade show type stuff to promote my company. But for a true IT convention this is it. I am going to start by saying there is a lot of amazing - [Microsoft OEM Lic and Legally Imaging.](http://staticnat.com/microsoft-oem-lic-and-legally-imaging/) - So one of my guys came to me today and indicated that since all of our Video Call Center systems were OEM lic from Microsoft we had a big problem with Imaging. In my old out of date head this made little sense because we used to do this to systems by the hundreds back - [All Good Things Come to an End: Cisco Aquires Meraki](http://staticnat.com/all-good-things-come-to-and-end-cisco-aquires-meraki/) - I have been very lucky in my career. There is pretty much no network vendor whose gear has not come across my desk and I have had the opportunity to install and play with on some level. Last year we engaged Meraki to consider then for both their Cloud Controller based Access Points but also - [Welcome to A Few Easy Steps on StaticNAT](http://staticnat.com/welcome-to-a-few-easy-steps-on-staticnat/) - A Few Easy Steps is a part of StaticNAT that I have wanted to do since I started it in 2007. What you will find here is quick guided session to accomplish a goal with a piece of equipment or with some technology. What you wont find here is deep dives into why you would - [REPOST: The lemming way...how Cisco jumped off the cliff.](http://staticnat.com/the-lemming-wayhow-cisco-jumped-off-the-cliff/) - So I was talking to one of my guys at work tonight and he indicated that my shots have Cisco have been a recent thing in my career. I told him he was wrong and went back to a post that I had taken private. It ends up being this post. I want to start - [Check Out our New Section: A Few Easy Steps!](http://staticnat.com/check-out-our-new-section-a-few-easy-steps/) - If your new to StaticNAT or if you have been checking out our content for awhile, I would like to introduce you to a new section of the site: A Few Easy Steps. Our goal for each session will be for you to be able to complete a task with the information provided. The Layout - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Switch, Initial Setup](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-initial-setup/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be doing the initial setup on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch. Session Prerequisites: You have a Cisco Console Cable You have a serial port You have a Terminal Program that you can access your Serial Port Session Assumptions: - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, wr memory vs. copy run start](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-stepscisco-ios-wr-memorycopy-run-startalias/) - In this Session of A Few Easy Steps, we are doing to deal with an issue that one of my friends on Twitter @santinorizzo brought up about the Cisco IOS configs in this series. ... However in this post I am going to show you one quick trick that can let you decide how to use command in the future it is called and alias. - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Telnet and SSH Setup](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-telnet-and-ssh-setup/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be doing the SSH and Telnet setup on a Cisco Router. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch or Router that runs on IOS. Session Prerequisites: You have a Cisco Console Cable You have a serial port You have a Terminal Program that - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Switch, Setting up a VLAN](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-setting-up-a-vlan/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be creating a new VLAN and its Layer 3 Gateway. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch runs on IOS. However we will have to cover older L2 switches and Routers with Switch Modules (like in Dynamips) in a future post but for - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Disable Noisy Mode](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-disable-noisy-mode/) - One of the things that we are going to attempt in The Few Easy Steps sessions is make it a cut and paste endeavor. This could get complicated when we move into products like Windows and VMWare but we plan on making the effort to use tools such as powershell to accomplish this goal. In - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Setup Authentication on Console Port](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-setup-authentication-on-console-port/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be setting up Authentication on the console port on a Cisco Router. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch or Router that runs on IOS. Session Prerequisites: You have terminal or console access to your Cisco device. Session Assumptions: Console port is 0 - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Switch, Disable VTP](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-disable-vtp/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be disabling VTP on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch. Session Prerequisites: You have terminal or console access to your Cisco device. Session Assumptions: You do not use VTP in your Network You want your Network to NOT implode - [A Few New Things](http://staticnat.com/a-few-new-things/) - For a long time StaticNat.com was supposed to be something more more than my scratch pad. I have wanted to be a hub of information for other in the IT community especially focused on the networking side of things. Recently I have been doing quite a bit of reading concerning internet marketing and how to - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Switch, Setup Access Port](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-setup-access-port/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be setting up an Access Port on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch. Session Prerequisites: You have terminal or console access to your Cisco device. Session Assumptions: VLAN 291 is our target VLAN Interface FastEthernet 0/4 is our target - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Switch, Setup Trunk Port](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-setup-trunk-port/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will Setup Trunk Port on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch. Session Prerequisites: You have terminal or console access to your Cisco device. Session Assumptions: We are using Interface Fastethernet 0/14 We are trunking All VLANs Native VLAN is 200 - [Smarter, Faster, Better....Network Super Search Stands Alone!](http://staticnat.com/smarter-faster-better-network-super-search-stands-alone/) - Here at Staticnat.com we have been playing with some new ideas. Among those are all the cool tools that Google offers to webmasters, bloggers and anyone else willing to take the time. One of these options is Google Custom Search and its pretty cool. A few nights ago I introduced a new feature on the - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Switch, Name a VLAN](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-name-a-vlan/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will naming a VLAN in a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch. Session Prerequisites: You have terminal or console access to your Cisco device. Session Assumptions: We are naming VLAN 20 The Name for VLAN 20 is SessionTEST Our goals of - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Adding a default route](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-adding-a-default-route/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be adding a static route to a Cisco Router. In General this will work on any Layer3 Cisco IOS device. Session Prerequisites: You have a Cisco Console Cable You have a serial port You have a Terminal Program that you can access your Serial Port - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Router, Disable NAT ALG for DNS](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-router-disable-nat-alg-for-dns/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be Disabling NAT ALG for DNS on a Cisco Router. Session Prerequisites: You have terminal or console access to your Cisco device. Session Assumptions: You have NAT Enabled You do not need ALG to re-write DNS payloads to account for NAT Our goals of this - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Setup SNMP.](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-setup-snmp/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will Setup SNMP on a Cisco Router. In General this will work on any Cisco IOS Device. - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Switch, Setup Span Port (Port Monitoring for Packet Capture)](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-setup-span-port-port-monitoring-for-packet-capture/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will configure a Span Port on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch. In this session we will be including the setup and verification commands, following the full config sample we will also provide the commands to remove the Span/Monitoring Port. We - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco Switch, Setup Voice VLAN on Interface](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-switch-setup-voice-vlan-on-interface/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will setup a voice vlan on an interface of a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch. - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Setup DNS Resolution](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-setup-dns-resolution/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will Setup DNS Resolution on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco IOS Switch. - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Setup NTP](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-setup-ntp/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will Setup NTP on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch. - [A Few Easy Steps: Cisco IOS, Setup Remote Syslog](http://staticnat.com/a-few-easy-steps-cisco-ios-setup-remote-syslog/) - In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will Setup Remote SysLog on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco IOS Device. - [2012 What a Riot! And More Fun to Come](http://staticnat.com/2012-what-a-riot-and-more-fun-to-come/) - We have introduced a new blog series called a Few Easy Steps. This series is really what I always intended StaticNAT.com to be from when it started in 2007. I would highly recommend you check out this series and add us to your RSS reader, bookmarks or whatever means you use to remember to check us out from time to time. To date we have published 22 of these articles that allow the reader to walk away and do something right away with that they have just read. Most of these posts have been dealing with very entry level configurations steps around Cisco IOS devices. In the near future we have plans to extend this series not only into configuration of other networking devices but move into server configuration as well. Keep and eye out because there is much more to come. - [WordPress: Doing Root the Right Way.](http://staticnat.com/wordpress-doing-root-the-right-way/) - I'm going to try to keep this brief as I am not a big WordPress hacker. For the most part WP just works and allows me to get on with what I really want to do which is write and interact. When I first started StaticNAT.com I had all sorts of crazy ideas and to - [WhoIS: Moving Past Technology and back to People.](http://staticnat.com/whois-moving-past-technology-and-back-to-people/) - What we seldom see or hear though is who that person is, how they made it to where they are now and what really drives them to get out of bed every morning and config another router, install another server or lead the armies of engineers and analysts back into war against the ever failing infrastructure. I think it is time to change that. In the next month or so we will be starting our new Audio/Podcast series WhoIS. - [Testing Your Network: Whats Next?](http://staticnat.com/testing-your-network-whats-next/) - Imagine if you will having your own droids running around your network testing for and remediating issues as they happen. This would change the way we work. - [Gearing up for WhoIS: The First Guests](http://staticnat.com/gearing-up-for-whois-first-guests-and-questions/) - Since announcing our new Podcast Series WhoIS a few weeks ago things have been moving very fast and we have been very busy. So far we have most of the studio setup and we are working through little issues you run into as you setup new toys especially Pro Audio toys. In the next few - [Gearing up for WhoIS: The Questions](http://staticnat.com/gearing-up-for-whois-the-questions/) - Today we wanted to get the questions out what we plan on using in our up coming series WhoIS. This may or may not end up being the final set of questions. That is largely who to your the readers and listeners. We would love to get your comments on what else you would like to have use ask our guests. What do you want to know about the people who are driving our industry forward and making real change. So check out what we have so far and help us know where you want us to go from here. - [Back in the Saddle with NFD5](http://staticnat.com/back-in-the-saddle-with-nfd5/) - Well here I am in San Jose again for another Tech Field Day event. - [Why a Network?](http://staticnat.com/why-a-network/) - So why do we build networks? In my mind from the very earliest networks there was an application that the network was designed to support. That brings me to what is an application: According to Wikipedia "Application software applies the power of a particular computing platform or system software to a particular purpose." With that established lets talk about a few networks and what their core application or applications were/are. - [Tail-F Systems....Another one Bites the Dust?](http://staticnat.com/tail-f-systems/) - I want start off by saying congratulations to the team at Tail-F Systems! I have been in this business for a long time and I have seen some great companies come an go. When I was was at Network FieldDay 7 I was thrilled with Tail-F’s Presentation. These guys have amazing tech. - [Don't Limit your Challenges. Challenge your Limits!](http://staticnat.com/dont-limit-your-challenges-challenge-your-limits/) - A little over four years ago I wrote: "the best $1.80 I ever spent." In that post I broke down the concept of what my value was and how I was no longer going to play by the rules. The organization that I joined on December 14, 2010 was Language Access Network. They let me - [Make IT Portable: Give em OVAs!](http://staticnat.com/make-it-portable-give-em-ovas/) - It has been a busy few weeks. A big part of that has been rebuilding my home lab to focus on doing real lab work not dabbling in whatever struck my fancy over the past few months. In doing so I have been spinning up machines left and right. Frustratingly I have had to spin ## Pages - [Get Coding!](http://staticnat.com/get-coding-2/) - [ttfmp_post_list columns="1" type="post" sortby="date-desc" keyword="" count="-1" offset="0" taxonomy="category:code" show_title="0" show_date="0" show_excerpt="1" excerpt_length="55" show_author="0" show_categories="0" show_tags="0" show_comments="0" thumbnail="top" aspect="none"] - [How We Do What We Do](http://staticnat.com/how-we-do-what-we-do/) - So here at StaticNAT.com we are not focused on how to build blogs or any of the tools that go with them. However we do feel that blogging even from the perspective of just using a blog as a scratch pad, has huge career value. So we are throwing this post together to show others - [About](http://staticnat.com/about-2/) - (stat´ik nat) (n.) A type of NAT in which a private IP address is mapped to a public IP address, where the public address is always the same IP address (i.e., it has a static address). This allows an internal host, such as a Web server, to have an unregistered (private) IP address and still - [Sample Page](http://staticnat.com/sample-page/) - This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this: Hi there! I'm a bike messenger ## Categories - [*NIX](http://staticnat.com/category/nix/) - [A Few Easy Steps](http://staticnat.com/category/a-few-easy-steps/) - [Apple](http://staticnat.com/category/apple/) - Top Tier category for Apple and OSX related tops for Networking. - [ARISTA](http://staticnat.com/category/arista/) - [Books](http://staticnat.com/category/books/) - [Cisco](http://staticnat.com/category/cisco/) - [Cisco](http://staticnat.com/category/a-few-easy-steps/cisco-a-few-easy-steps/) - [Cloud](http://staticnat.com/category/cloud/) - [Consulting](http://staticnat.com/category/consulting/) - [Design Strategy](http://staticnat.com/category/design-strategy/) - [Errata](http://staticnat.com/category/errata/) - [Going Deep](http://staticnat.com/category/going-deep/) - [Hardware](http://staticnat.com/category/hardware/) - [HP](http://staticnat.com/category/hp/) - [LDAP](http://staticnat.com/category/ldap/) - [Leadership](http://staticnat.com/category/leadership/) - [Marketing](http://staticnat.com/category/marketing/) - [Microsoft](http://staticnat.com/category/microsoft/) - [Money](http://staticnat.com/category/money/) - [NAT](http://staticnat.com/category/nat/) - [NetApp](http://staticnat.com/category/netapp/) - [Network Management](http://staticnat.com/category/network-management/) - [Network Super Search](http://staticnat.com/category/network-super-search/) - [Networking](http://staticnat.com/category/design-strategy/networking/) - [NFD#3](http://staticnat.com/category/nfd3/) - [NUTANIX](http://staticnat.com/category/nutanix/) - [On the Job](http://staticnat.com/category/on-the-job/) - [OS X](http://staticnat.com/category/apple/os-x/) - OS X Networking topics. - [pcap](http://staticnat.com/category/pcap/) - [PIX/ASA](http://staticnat.com/category/cisco/pixasa/) - [Routers](http://staticnat.com/category/cisco/routers/) - [Security](http://staticnat.com/category/security/) - [Service Provider](http://staticnat.com/category/service-provider/) - [SIP](http://staticnat.com/category/sip/) - [Software](http://staticnat.com/category/cisco/software/) - [Storage](http://staticnat.com/category/storage/) - [Switches](http://staticnat.com/category/cisco/switches/) - [TFD](http://staticnat.com/category/tfd/) - [VEEAM](http://staticnat.com/category/veeam/) - [Video](http://staticnat.com/category/video/) - [VOIP](http://staticnat.com/category/voip/) - [WhoIS](http://staticnat.com/category/whois/) - [Wireless](http://staticnat.com/category/cisco/wireless/) - [6509](http://staticnat.com/category/cisco/switches/6509/) - [DNS](http://staticnat.com/category/apple/os-x/dns/) - [Licensing](http://staticnat.com/category/microsoft/licensing/) - [Nexus](http://staticnat.com/category/cisco/switches/nexus/) - [Open Directory](http://staticnat.com/category/apple/os-x/open-directory/) - [Career](http://staticnat.com/category/career/) - [Industry](http://staticnat.com/category/industry/) - [Code](http://staticnat.com/category/code/) - [Python](http://staticnat.com/category/code/python/) - [Social](http://staticnat.com/category/social/) - [NAT Store](http://staticnat.com/category/nat-store/) - [LAB](http://staticnat.com/category/lab/) - [GNS3](http://staticnat.com/category/lab/gns3/) - [EXPECT](http://staticnat.com/category/code/expect/) - [Automation](http://staticnat.com/category/automation/) - [Back to the Basics](http://staticnat.com/category/back-to-the-basics/) - [Linux](http://staticnat.com/category/linux/) - [VLOG](http://staticnat.com/category/vlog/) - [Automation and AI](http://staticnat.com/category/automation-and-ai/) ## Tags - [#NFD3](http://staticnat.com/tag/nfd3-2/) - [iSCSI FCoE FC Fiber Channel](http://staticnat.com/tag/iscsi-fcoe-fc-fiber-channel/) - [IT Managment Vendors](http://staticnat.com/tag/it-managment-vendors/) - [OSX](http://staticnat.com/tag/osx/) - [STUPID](http://staticnat.com/tag/stupid/) - [Winbook 37T1 Sony RM AV3000](http://staticnat.com/tag/winbook-37t1-sony-rm-av3000/) - [WPA](http://staticnat.com/tag/wpa/) - [Wireless](http://staticnat.com/tag/wireless/) - [LAB](http://staticnat.com/tag/lab/)