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Resources in Network management
Troubleshooting
Top SysAdmin Tools (That Aren’t Software!)
This might not be quite as fun as making things run DOOM, but it’s probably just as important. Here’s my list of non-software tools that live in my admin toolbox, organized by type. Do they live in yours? Let’s see.
Network management
IMPRESSIVE: Can Auvik Quake?
I’m going to show you a fun way to (safely and legally) get OG Quake up and running inside your instance of Auvik.
Network management
The “New Last Mile” of the Office Network
IT is constantly evolving, and our tools must as well. As the need to enable new methods and locations for work and productivity…
Cybersecurity
Cybercrime Trends and the Economy
It’s no secret that there is a lot of money involved in cybercrime. With McAfee estimating the annual global cost of cybercrime at just…
Network management
8 Wi-Fi Mistakes Everyone Makes
Rolling out enterprise level Wi-Fi to your organization—across an office, or across multiple campuses—has quickly become a standard…
Network management
Network Documentation Best Practices: What to Create & Why
Everybody agrees network documentation is extremely important, but there tends not to be a lot of agreement on what that documentation…
Auvik
Time to Log Out of Auvik
How It Started Alex Hoff, David Yach, and I share a running joke about the origin of Auvik. While we all agree on HOW it happened — a…
Cybersecurity
What is Ransomware?
According to Veeam’s 2022 Ransomware Trends Report, less than 69% of data stolen during ransomware attacks in 2021 was ever…
Network monitoring
The Future of the Network is End User Experience. Are you Ready?
Don’t get me wrong—the world still absolutely needs all of the physical network devices, cabling, access points, etc. that connect us…
Cybersecurity
What Is Phishing? Insider Risk & How to Prevent It
When it comes to security, phishing is one of any IT team’s biggest concerns—as it targets the weakest link in the security…
Cybersecurity
Virtual CISO Services: A New Revenue Stream for MSPs?
This is a highly specialized job that requires a great deal of attention, focus, and delicacy. A cybersecurity incident or a full-blown…
Network protocols
What is DHCP?
In the early years of the internet, it was common to simply use a spreadsheet to manually assign and track IP addresses. We’d be given…
Network configuration
What is Edge Computing?
Data has become an incredibly valuable commodity for most businesses. With so many people connected to the internet, the data we generate…
Auvik
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi Issues with Tonic (Webinar)
Ryan Woodings and Trent Cutler, a Senior Product Manager share what Tonic is, who it's designed for and how Tonic bridges the gap between…
Network assessments
7 Ways to Slam Dunk Your Next Network Assessment Using Auvik
Here are 7 network assessment tasks Auvik can help you easily complete. Armed with this information, you’ll land some quick wins with…
Network management
Enterprise vs. SMB IT: What’s the Difference?
Enterprises have always had more money to spend on IT than small-and-medium businesses (SMBs). This has traditionally resulted in a…
Network management
Network Blind Spots Are Endangering Your Business
Network blind spots are the things you can't see and don't know about — and they can be deadly dangerous. Learn more about the most…
Network management
What Does SASE Mean (for VPN)?
The basic idea is great: all your security and network services are on one platform. The problem comes when you get into the specifics.…
Network management
How to Manage a Network: 10 Essential Steps
Managing a new network? Check out this list of 10 easy to follow steps from the experts at Auvik Networks to help you get started and be…
Auvik
Getting Started With Syslog in Auvik
Auvik centralizes syslog data for all your network devices, allowing you to search & filter to get to the root cause of network issues.
Network management
Networking Automation Software: Pros & Cons
As network growth increases—and complexity along with it—we’ll need efficient and scalable ways to handle it. You simply won’t…
Cloud
Sustainable Technology: Can Clouds Save The Planet?
Sustainable technology has become a hot topic in the tech world over the past few years. From the escalating environmental impact of heat…
Cloud
What does Cloud Computing Mean, Really?
What is cloud computing? If you’ve been asked this question by a client, you know there isn’t an easy answer. Until now.
Network management
The Employee Offboarding Checklist for IT Pros
Somebody leaving? Keep your network & data secure! Use this handy employee offboarding checklist to make sure you disable & disconnect…
Network configuration
Networking 101: What is a VLAN?
Do you really want all of these devices on the same LAN— all having equal access to the same set of resources? Should the IoT devices…
Network monitoring
5 Reasons to Add Network Monitoring to Your Budget
Allocating money in your IT budget for network monitoring in 2021 may be more important than ever. Here are five reasons why.
Cybersecurity
Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to Assess Your Clients’ Network Security
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework was intended to be used by internal IT teams, but its five major themes—identify, protect, detect,…
Network management
Help Desk vs Service Desk: How to Choose the Right One
An IT help desk is meant to be a single point of contact (SPOC) that employees and customers can use to get support from your business.…
Network monitoring
Agent vs Agentless Monitoring: Which is Best?
Agent-based and agentless monitoring are the two main approaches network monitoring tools use to capture and report data from network…
Network monitoring
Proactive Healthcare Network Monitoring: The Importance of Early Detection
Healthcare IT is simultaneously one of the most complex and sensitive networking systems there are. Aside from the wealth of confidential…
Network management
Network Redundancy and Why It Matters
Complexity is an enemy to reliability. The more complex something is, the harder it is to understand, the greater the chance of human…
Network monitoring
Embracing Shadow IT (Video)
Shadow IT. Many IT pros shudder at the term. For those who may not be familiar, shadow IT refers to the devices, systems, and…
Network management
Regex 101 for Network Admins
Regex—short for regular expressions—is a way to describe a search pattern. They can be used to find a text pattern or string…
Network protocols
Network Basics: What Is SNMP and How Does It Work?
While the SNMP architecture is simple, the data hierarchy the protocol uses can seem complicated if you’re not familiar with it.…
Network management
The Auvik Network Device Buyer’s Guide
Buying the right network devices is an essential part of network design, and can have an impact throughout the network lifecycle. Get it…
Network configuration
Network Configuration Management: The Benefits & Importance
Configuration management is one of those network management topics people often neglect. It’s not very exciting—but it’s incredibly…
Network management
What is ITAM? Guide to IT Asset Management
In the business world, information technology (IT) is everything. Without it, companies would struggle to keep track of their data and…
Network protocols
Network Basics: Spanning Tree Protocol
For new networkers, Spanning Tree Protocol can be intimidating. But don’t worry! In this easy-to-understand intro, Ethan Banks walks…
Network configuration
Is it Time to Retire Your VPN?
Back to the question at hand: Is it time to move on from VPN? For an enterprise-wide greenfield deployment or network refresh? Sure,…
Network topology & mapping
How to Draw Effective Network Diagrams (Infographic)
A network diagram is, simply put, a schematic or map of your existing network that illustrates the nodes and their connections. Network…
Troubleshooting
Find and Fix Network Loops
Network loops are one of those things that can have you tearing your hair out for days, burning through billable hours while your client…
Network assessments
Identify Vulnerable Devices From Vendor Recalls and Security Notices
When network hardware vendors issue device recalls, field notices, or security alerts, the implication can be massive for MSPs. But Auvik…
Network management
How to Troubleshoot a Broadcast Storm
Broadcast storms are a major pain point for network administrators. Learn more about what they are, what causes them, and what steps you…
Network management
What is RMM? The Importance of Network Management
Remote monitoring and management (RMM) is software with a pretty simple mission: save IT pros time and effort. How? Instead of waiting…
Network management
How to Troubleshoot Routing Problems
Routing problems tend to emerge when you're first setting up a new piece of network equipment, and when something has failed. Usually…
Network management
What is ITIL? IT Infrastructure Library Guide
What is ITIL? The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a framework of best practices for providing various information…
Network management
From Baud to Awed: The History of the Modem
While not nearly as sexy as the handset of a rotary phone plugged into an acoustic coupler, it can be argued that there are actually more…
Network management
When Small Gets Big in a Hurry: How to Manage Fast-Growing Networks
Fast-growing networks need scalable systems or they’ll explode out of your control. Engineer Keith Tokash shares his hard-won tips for…
Network configuration
Financial Networking From the Edge
Networks that power financial services are fast becoming one of the most exciting areas for edge networking. Financial services…
Managing an MSP
Updates Paused: How are MSPs Navigating Today’s Supply Chain Issues?
In a perfect world, a hardware network would probably look pretty boring. If you’re looking to take advantage of scale for the price,…
Network protocols
Network Basics: What is EIGRP?
There are many different routing protocols to choose from, but folks in a predominantly Cisco network environment often choose Enhanced…
Auvik
Introducing SNMP Poller History
Despite everyone’s best efforts, network failures happen. And when downtime means lost productivity, fast troubleshooting becomes an…
Network management
Network Nickels and Dimes: Government IT on a Budget
So what can IT teams at state and local governments do? Is begging for increases to the government IT budget the only solution? Of…
Network protocols
What Else But SNMP?
Most network engineers have a love/hate relationship with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Ok, maybe it’s more like…
Network protocols
What’s next for the Internet of Things?
IoT devices seem to be ubiquitous, but the truth is we’re not nearly there yet. In fact, IoT Analytics continues to predict steady…
Troubleshooting
Finding & Fixing Asymmetric Routing Issues
The workstation at the bottom sends a packet to the server along the green path, and it goes through the firewall on the left. But,…
Education
Passing Grade: Top 3 Recommendations for School Network Administrators
Peace of mind. There is nothing else like it. And when you’ve planned well, taken decisive action to document, close gaps, review…
Network management
What Does it Take to Run a Smart City?
From smart lighting, to waste management, to air quality, IoT devices and other “smart city technologies” are rapidly changing life…
Network management
Insider Risk: The Call is Coming from Inside the House
[BONUS POINTS IF YOU CAN NAME THE MOVIES THESE GIFS COME FROM IN THE COMMENTS] In IT, we tend to think of threats as external. Hackers,…
Education
Trends in Education Networking
The EdTech space is evolving at a rapid pace. In addition to a drastic increase in remote learning, a wide range of new technologies and…
Network management
Moving in Concert: What is SD-WAN, and Where is it Going?
SD-WAN evolved quickly throughout the last decade, and we expect more evolutions through the 2020s. Conditions around the modern work…
Switches
Layer 2 vs Layer 3 Network Switches: What’s the Difference?
What's the difference between Layer 2 and Layer 3 network switches and how critical are they to a properly functioning network?
Cybersecurity
Defending Your Network Infrastructure Against Attack
Since perfect network security is impossible, your goal is to cover as many of the risk areas as you can with the budget you have. In…
Network protocols
4 Common VPN Types (And When to Use Them)
Virtual private networks (VPNs) are a straightforward idea. The trick comes in knowing the different VPN types and when to use which.…