I have just learned about bridged mode networking in VMWare and I wonder how is it different from the “bridge” used in physical world networking? According to what I’ve found myself so far, I guess they are two completely dif…

I understand why we use network proxies. However, I have questions:

Proxy can be configured in: router, operating system, various applications (some games allow it for example)
Where should it actually be configured? What i…

Is it possible to discover the internal server which is sweeping our network by the gateway Juniper Switch?

Our network topology is like this:

If the servers under access switch all are different users. there I have a pr…

I installed this FortiGate VM for evaluation and seems like stuck with simple basic routing and reverse patch check aka anti-spoofing. So the system just have 2 VLANs on the same interface, VLAN_101 and VLAN_102. Both are dif…

I can not understand this TCP traceroute map:

This is a TCP traceroute from Chongqing,China to LA,USA:

the 219.158.3.146 is Beijing Unicom the 219.158.96.26 is LA Unicom.

the path is this:

Why the Beijing next-hop arr…

I am trying to link up a few PCs through PT, with a mix of VLAN and physical connections. I have managed to ping 2 different PCs, but i cannot ping the switch, the router or any of the sub routes.

Here is the IP address deta…

We often see this kind of configuration:

Two routers directly connected by a thunderbolt-like line called “serial link”.

In reality, is this line literally a single wire that connects two routers directly or is it just a…