What are the Ways to Monitor your Computer Network? Monitoring the network can be a tedious task, especially when it’s a large one. As a network administrator, you have to ensure that your computer network systems are running smoothly and that no outages occur on your watch. Keeping a constant eye on your network helps to increase the… Read More »
What is the Password Authentication Protocol? The Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) is a simple authentication protocol used in networking environments. It operates by having the user send a username and password to the server, which are then verified against a known list of usernames and passwords. If it is accepted, the connection is allowed. PAP is not interactive… Read More »
What is a Remote-access VPN? In Remote-access VPNs, individual hosts or clients, such as telecommuters, mobile users, and extranet consumers, can access a company network securely over the Internet. Each host typically has VPN client software loaded or uses a web-based client. A remote-access VPN host or client typically has VPN client software. Whenever the host tries to send… Read More »
Routing Information Protocol Version 2 – RIPv2. RIPv2 is a classless, distance vector routing protocol as defined in RFC 1723. Being a classless routing protocol, means, it includes the subnet mask with the network addresses in its routing updates. As with other classless routing protocols, RIPv2 supports CIDR supernets, VLSM and discontiguous networks. Due to the deficiencies of RIPv1, RIP version 2 (RIPv2) was developed in… Read More »
What is SNMP? SNMP is an application layer protocol that provides a message format for communication between what are termed managers and agents on a network. The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a widely used protocol for network management. It enables the monitoring and management of network devices like routers, switches, and servers from a central location. It uses a… Read More »
