Thursday, January 14, 2010

ICSI Netalyzr

Netalyzr is a nice little tool for testing/verifying/reviewing your current network performance and configuration.  Once logging into the site a small java applet is downloaded to your computer, it then goes about doing its business.   Another nice feature is that EICAR is downloaded along with the applet(EICAR .eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm).  EICAR tests anti-virus/anti-malware software.

Per the FAQ:


Netalyzr is developed by the Networking Group at the International Computer Science Institute, an independent non-profit research institute affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, USA.


FYI..After the test has been completed hit the "+" button at the top to view the results more granularly.

Monday, January 4, 2010

RIPv2...The hard way!

Narbik Kocharians CCIE# 12410 (R&S, SP, Security) has created a 7 hour CCIE level lab simply testing RIPv2.  

Now, RIPv2 has a lot more power than its given credit for, and has had various enhancements throughout the years; but a 7 hour lab?  For anyone who wants to try it Narbik has make it freely available.

It can be downloaded here: http://www.systemwise.eu/RIP2.0.rar

Per Nabik's instructions:
You have a topology.doc file, print the file and look at the topology as you configure the lab.


You have a “initial-config” directory, which contains all the initial configuration files, open the ”RIPv2-Init.txt” and copy and paste the configuration onto the routers and begin the lab.


You should use the “Questions.pdf” when you are configuring the lab, and before you move on to another task, read the “Questions-Answers.pdf” and compare the answers.
 
Good luck!