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Create site-to-site VPN with FortiGate to Microsoft Azure

Posted on 14. September 201321. January 2014 By Burkard Josh No Comments on Create site-to-site VPN with FortiGate to Microsoft Azure
Network

I know, it is an unsupported configuration to create a site-to-site VPN to Microsoft Azure with a FortiGate firewall. But a FortiGate device is what i have and only to run some test’s I don’t want to buy some of this expensive supported firewalls. I tried a lot of configurations, but nothings seams to run … Read More “Create site-to-site VPN with FortiGate to Microsoft Azure” »

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network calculations in Excel 2010

Posted on 18. November 201219. November 2012 By Burkard Josh No Comments on network calculations in Excel 2010
Excel, Network

i need often to calculate network addresses, subnet-masks/bits, Hosts and more. For this i wrote this script Network.bas, which you can implement in your Excel file or your Default template book.xltm: i implemented this functions: NetworkCalculate Add or subract from an IP-Address: NetworkBitsToSubnetmask NetworkBroadCastAddress NetworkClientHighestAddress NetworkClientLowestAddress NetworkClientRange NetworkSubnetAddress NetworkSubnetMaskToBits NetworkBitsToSubnetMask  

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add second default route to Synology NAS

Posted on 15. November 201223. November 2012 By Burkard Josh No Comments on add second default route to Synology NAS
Hardware, Network, Storage

Shortly i need to connect a Synology NAS to two separated networks. At default you can only define one Gateway for your Synology NAS. To define a second route, do this steps: Activate SSH access to your Synology NAS: configure first LAN interface: configure second LAN interface: configure default gateway: Connect to NAS by ssh … Read More “add second default route to Synology NAS” »

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backup Cisco configurations

Posted on 27. September 2012 By Burkard Josh No Comments on backup Cisco configurations
Cisco, Network

Did you ever wonder, how to backup your cisco configuration on a regular base? Earlier you need a tool which made the backups for you. Since IOS version 12.2(25)S cisco has integrated the archive command, which can backup the IOS configuration based on time or an event: archive log config logging enable notify syslog contenttype … Read More “backup Cisco configurations” »

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new SNMP simulation tool

Posted on 19. September 201222. June 2020 By Burkard Josh 1 Comment on new SNMP simulation tool
Network, SCOM

In the last time i have a lot to do with creating and testing SNMP monitors in our monitoring system. Rather than being surprised when a SNMP monitor doesn’t work correctly, i would like to test my newly created monitors against a SNMP simulation tool. So i was looking for an SNMP simulating tool. But … Read More “new SNMP simulation tool” »

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Create a calculated SNMP Rule in SCOM

Posted on 26. August 201122. June 2020 By Burkard Josh No Comments on Create a calculated SNMP Rule in SCOM
Network, SCOM, System Center

Sometimes you need a SCOM Rule which was calculated from one or more SNMP values. Maybe the values have to be calculated, cause the value is in an unhandy format or unit. In this example i will create a Rule and a Performance View to show the autonomny time for an APC UPS. The originaly … Read More “Create a calculated SNMP Rule in SCOM” »

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Add third-party SSL-Certificate to Cisco WLC’s web authentication page

Posted on 31. May 201127. September 2012 By Burkard Josh No Comments on Add third-party SSL-Certificate to Cisco WLC’s web authentication page
Cisco, Network

If you create a guest network with a Cisco Wireless Lan Controller, you will like to create and import a third-party SSL-Certificate for the Web Auth page. If you don’t add a third-party SSL certificate, your guest users will receive an error-message, that the WLC’s selfsigned certificate isn’t valid. Cause i searched long time around, … Read More “Add third-party SSL-Certificate to Cisco WLC’s web authentication page” »

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Collect CDP informations with SCCM

Posted on 26. May 201123. June 2011 By Burkard Josh 1 Comment on Collect CDP informations with SCCM
Hardware, Network, SCCM, System Center

Did you ever need to know, to wich network switch a computer is connected? When you are a system administrator in a large company with tousends of users, this can be difficult. But when you use SCCM for OS or Software deployment, you have a good inventory tool integreated. Unfortunately SCCM by default only collect … Read More “Collect CDP informations with SCCM” »

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I'm a DevOps Engineer working with one of swiss largest telecom and full-service hosting provider. in my work I have a lot to do with Microsoft server operating systems, System Center, VMware, Microsoft Azure Cloud and other software.
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