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Almost 8 years ago
Answered a question: What do you recommend for a corporate firewall implementation?
I've been running Cyberoam (now SOPHOS) for over 10 years for my firewalls. I've really enjoyed the Cyberoam Support over the years those guys are great to work with. I have also been looking at the Meraki units for future upgrades to save a bit of money, and get a bit…
About 8 years ago
Commented on I like the remote VOIP routing through the VPN.
Changes I've made that have helped a bit, limited the external exposure of the FW to attack. Which sounds logical, but I need to be able to manage the device from a remote location and do not have dial in abilities
Basically eliminate ICMP responds to the WAN as well as…
About 8 years ago
Commented on I like the remote VOIP routing through the VPN.
Definitely not. Any downtime due to an attack is not a success. I've fought this for far too long with no rhyme or reason to the attacks. Can't block IPs and the built in counter measures, I believe, cause the device to stop allowing traffic.
About 8 years ago
Commented on I like the remote VOIP routing through the VPN.
We have made many configuration changes to the firewall to avoid the DDoS or IPS attacks. We have options with a few IPs and many firewall settings that have assisted in lessening the frequency of the outages. With the 7 remotes sites I have only this one has the problem…
About 8 years ago
Commented on I like the remote VOIP routing through the VPN.
Our remote sites are limited personnel, only 1-3 staff, so when the site is not working and requires the reboot the impact has already happened. They are effectively offline for everything including the VOIP communication back to our network. Only local calls work due to…
About 8 years ago
Contributed a review of Sophos Cyberoam UTM: I like the remote VOIP routing through the VPN.
Over 8 years ago
Contributed a review of ExtremeCloud IQ: As long as you have a PoE switch you can put an AP up to 100m away without issue.
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Almost 9 years ago
Complete Corporate and Education controllerless wireless implamentation. FromComplete Corporate and Education controllerless wireless implamentation. From existing Meru system
About 8 years ago
10G switch upgradeNetgear 10G switch upgrade to replace existing 1G Dell managed switches in our core and remote switch rooms. As well as the POE switches with HPE 2530-48PoE+ switches.I placed one XS716T in each of our three server racks, linked them to the switch rack M4300 with 10G fiber…
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About me
Hard working goal oriented United States Air Force Veteran, with a wealth of computer networking knowledge and experience. Experienced supervisor of 1 - 4 employees over the past 12 years, with responsibilities for helpdesk and network infrastructure. Responsible for physical connectivity and security of our network for over 500 employees to include Anti-Spam, firewall and content filtering. School district support including mobile device management, wireless and Netspective content filtering.
Experience supporting all versions of Windows from NT to Win10 as well as servers through 2016. Anti-SPAM: Barracuda, F-Secure, Cyberoam and Brightmail. Content Filtering: Netspective, Cyberoam, Web-Sence. Antivirus/Malware: Endpoint, Malwarebytes, Vipre, Symantec, McAfee.
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