We have been working for several months now to integrate Cisco ISE into the middle of our networks and to replace different methods to catch the IP Address/Username matches for Palo Alto User ID. Gathering every authentication and accounting information Continue reading Palo Alto User ID With Cisco ISE (and Cisco devices)
When deploying Palo Alto User-ID feature, integrating macOS computers can be a challenge. User-ID has a lot of potential ways to catch the match user / IP address, but we are sometimes in the situation with macOS computers where we need Continue reading Palo Alto User-ID with macOS computers
Index Introduction Schema Install CentOS 7 Configure Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configure SNMP Configure Syslog Configure User-ID Debugging and useful commands 1. Introduction Catching the User Identification (User-ID) information (username and IP address) from a Cisco Wireless LAN controller is Continue reading Palo Alto User-ID and Cisco Wireless LAN controller (WLC) configuration (with SNMP traps)
Based on an idea found in the Live Community of Palo Alto, I created a network topology icon (stencil) inspired by the Cisco topology icons. The color and style match the standard Cisco ASA (PPT Colors?) and will fit perfectly Continue reading Palo Alto Network Topology Icon
We recently purchased a pair of new Palo Alto PA-3060 Next-Gen firewalls and I was horrified that 10GbE ports did not work as expected during our tests. We found a hilarious (sic) bug when configuring the LACP aggregates. The problem Continue reading [UPDATED] Issue with the new Palo Alto PA-3060 and 10GbE
During a migration process to a new network distribution I was stuck with a boring problem. I was unable to stack our new 2960-X with our old 2960-S. When searching the Cisco’s documentation I’ve found a solution that needs to Continue reading How to stack Cisco Catalyst 2960-S with 2960-X
We noticed that the Cisco ASA firewall caches passwords after a password change and the old password is working a few times before expiring and that the new one can be used without problem. This documentation found on the Cisco Continue reading Cisco ASA VPN service caches the old password after a password change
The Cisco Network Simulator can’t be installed on recent versions of Mac OS X. The installer shows an error and refused to install the software. You can bypass this issue by copying the folder /fscommand/sim_mac from the CD to Continue reading Installing the Cisco Network Simulator on Mac OS X
The script below can be used to show LLDP information on Absolute Manage for Mac OS X clients. To make the script working, it’s necessary first to compile the OpenLLDP tool. This step is documented in another post on this blog. Continue reading Add LLDP information on Absolute Manage on Mac OS X
The script below can be used to show CDP information on Absolute Manage for Mac OS X clients. To make the script working, it’s necessary first to compile the cdpr tool. This step is documented in another post on this blog. You Continue reading Add CDP information on Absolute Manage on Mac OS X
Introduction LLDP provides an alternative to proprietary protocol from Cisco CDP with the big advantage to be standardized on a large number of devices. Like CDP, LLDP allows network equipment to communicate with each other by indicating, as example, their Continue reading Use LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) with Mac OS X
Introduction CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) allows Cisco devices to be identified among them. For example, this system is used to find the IP address or port that is connected to another Cisco equipment. Broadly, this is a proprietary protocol that handles to Continue reading Use the CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) with Mac OS X
