Posted in Aruba networking Non classé

Smooth Dual core migration to Distributed trunking solution

Another day in network engineer life. I was working for a hospital and have to propose some enhancements to their network. They already had a…

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Posted in Firewall

Configuring transparent proxy on fortigate

Today I will write about implicit proxy configuration on fortigate in 6.2 version. I had quite a lot of problem when configuring it on lab,…

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Posted in Firewall

Troubleshooting transparent proxy on fortigate

Several command are available to diagnose issue when using this function on fortios.Traditionnal diag debug flow may be irrelevant if proxy policy is blocking the…

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Posted in Non classé

Troubleshooting FSSO connexion on Fortigate

In this post, I will write about an issue I was facing off during a Fortigate Firewall migration. Customer had already FSSO “working” (in fact…

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Posted in Aruba

Properly and safely collect debugs on Aruba OS switches

Debugs can be run safely in almost all environments as soon as you don’t enable a “debug all” command on the equipment. Enabling debug on Aruba…

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Posted in OSPF

Ospf cost

Just a lab to test something regarding OSPF cost. When I was trying that, I discovered that cost is only applied in inbound direction. I…

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Posted in OSPF

OSPF LSA types

The first time I read about LSA types, It was a little blur for me to understand.Then I read the CCNP routing and switching (route…

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Posted in OSPF

OSPF LSA type 4 – E bit for ASBR

As a reminder, LSA Type 4 are used by SPF to locate an ASBR. This is to know the path to the route redistributed by…

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Posted in network automation

Using netmiko library to configure network equipments

When you want to retrieve information from network equipments, you can use : Web interface (usually disabled for security purpose, and slow) CLI (fast but…

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Posted in Aruba

Dot1X and MAB Authentication on Aruba OS

For security purpose, one customer asked to add Mac Access Bypass (MAB) to the existing 802.1X configuration. He had a few non compatibles 802.1X supplicants…

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