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Proper NIC Teaming and Port Aggregation Configuration

February 1st, 2008 No comments

Servers from HP, Dell, IBM and many other big name manufacturers, come with at least two or more Network Interface Cards built-in.  Lately though, I have come to realize most network administrators do not know how to benefit from duel NIC’s.  Frequently, one of the NIC’s are simply disabled or not cabled up.  Occasionally, I will see a good effort made to make the most of it, but that’s pretty rare.

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Proper External DNS Configuration

June 4th, 2007 No comments

Introduction
DNS can be a confusing subject for many. In fact, in my travels as a consultant I have found that DNS is by far the most mis-configured service of any, in the entire infrastructure. By the time you finish reading this, I hope you will have gained enough knowledge to properly configure external DNS for your web site, email server and other services.

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