Firewall Site-to-Site VPN between Palo Alto and Cisco ASA What if I tell you that configuring a site-to-site VPN between Palo Alto and ASA is easier than you may Suresh Vina Nov 12, 2022 7 min read
Cisco Cisco ASA Route-Based (VTI) VPN Example If I remember correctly, Cisco introduced Virtual Tunnel Based (VTI) VPN back in 2017 with a 9.7.1 code Suresh Vina Nov 12, 2022 6 min read
Cisco Cisco ASA Active/Passive Failover Configuration Example Overview High Availability is one of the most crucial requirements for a smooth network operation. In terms of routers or Suresh Vina Oct 24, 2022 10 min read
Cisco Cisco 3850 Switch Stack Upgrade In this blog post we will look at how to upgrade Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Stack Switches using Install mode. Suresh Vina Sep 14, 2022 3 min read
ISE Everything you need to know about NAC, 802.1X and MAB In a simpler form, Network Access Control ensures that only users and devices that are authenticated and authorized can enter Suresh Vina Aug 29, 2022 7 min read
Cisco Cisco IOS-XE RSPAN Configuration Example RSPAN copies all the traffic that comes in and out of source ports or source VLANs to a destination port Suresh Vina Jun 23, 2022 2 min read
Cisco Cisco 9300 IOS upgrade and Smart Licensing Introduction This blog post describes how to upgrade Cisco Catalyst C9300 Series Switch using Install mode. The example shows the Suresh Vina May 19, 2022 6 min read
Cisco Cisco ASA Syslog with Splunk In this blog post, I will show you how to send and visualize Cisco ASA syslog in Splunk. Splunk is Suresh Vina May 10, 2022 6 min read
Cisco Cisco ASA AnyConnect VPN Example In this blog post, we will learn how to configure Remote Access VPN with Cisco AnyConnect. The configuration steps are Suresh Vina Apr 14, 2022 14 min read
Cisco Cisco ASA Packet Capture Having the ability to take packet captures directly on the Firewall is a lifesaver during any Network Troubleshooting. In this Suresh Vina Mar 19, 2022 5 min read
Cisco OSPF default-information originate This blog post shows how to inject a default route into a normal OSPF area. In order for OSPF to Suresh Vina Mar 13, 2022 6 min read
ISE Cisco ISE CIMC firmware upgrade When I was looking to upgrade the CIMC on the SNS-3515 appliance I was very confused. I couldn't Suresh Vina Feb 9, 2022 3 min read
Cisco Cisco ASA Syslog Simplified This blog post focuses on how to configure Logging/Syslog on the Cisco ASA firewalls. Having relevant logs sent out Suresh Vina Jan 20, 2022 8 min read
ISE Cisco ISE Admin access with AD Account What if I tell you that only 3 out of 10 ISE admins use AD for ISE admin login (trust Suresh Vina Jan 11, 2022 5 min read
ISE Cisco ISE Patch Install Example Cisco releases ISE patches occasionally, like 3 or 4 patches a year for each version. The patches contain bug and Suresh Vina Jan 8, 2022 3 min read
ISE Cisco ISE Log4j Patch Installation CSCwa47133 If you haven’t heard about Log4j vulnerability, then you must have been living under a rock for the past Suresh Vina Jan 5, 2022 3 min read
NetDevOps Ansible with Cisco - Variables Prerequisite This blog post assumes you have a basic understanding of Cisco devices and Ansible. If you are not familiar Suresh Vina Dec 29, 2021 9 min read
Cisco APC Radius authentication with Cisco ISE In this blog, I will show you how to use Cisco ISE to authenticate users into APC Network-enabled devices such Suresh Vina Nov 3, 2021 2 min read