FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol used to transfer files in a client/server model. The most common use for it is to transfer a made webpage into a server for a website. FTP is an old protocol that predates TCP/IP. It runs on TCP ports 20 and 21. 21 is the port that handles [...]

The intersite topology generator (ITSG) uses site links to replicate partition information between sites. In an effort to increase efficiency, only one server will be used for all incoming and outgoing traffic of a site. This is referred to as a bridgehead server. When the bridgehead server is specified, all other servers within a site [...]

This a short video about how to use a Linux distro called IPCop as a gateway for your virtual machines. I wanted to simulate a real network with a real gateway without dedicating a Gig or RAM to an ISA server. This Linux distribution runs on a 386 processor with 32 MB of Ram. The [...]