DNAT On Sonicwall

Setting up Destination NAT (DNAT) on a SonicWall NSv in AWS involves a three-step process: defining the Objects, creating the NAT Policy, and adding an Access Rule. In your specific…

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Hillstone Firewall Commands

Change password hillstone# configure hillstone(config)# admin user hillstone hillstone(config-admin)# password YOURPASSWORD Enable Services hillstone# configure hillstone(config)#interface ethernet0/0 hillstone(config-if-eth0/0)# manage https hillstone(config-if-eth0/0)# manage ssh hillstone(config-if-eth0/0)# manage snmp hillstone(config-if-eth0/0)# end Define Services…

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RIP

What RIP is (and isn’t) Type: Distance-vector IGP using the Bellman-Ford algorithm. Metric: Hop count (each router = +1). Best path = fewest hops. Infinity: 16 hops (so any route…

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Wireless Terminology and Acronyms: A Wi-Fi Glossary

A practical Wi-Fi glossary: architecture terms (AP, controller, BSS, BSA, SSID, BSSID, ESS, DS, roaming), RF and physical-layer vocabulary, channels and spectrum, 802.11 MAC and frames, security, QoS and roaming, standards bodies and enterprise WLAN terms, plus an A–Z acronym table.

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Aruba AP Tunnels and MultiZone

1) Aruba AP Tunnels — Architecture & Forwarding A. Big picture In Aruba’s controller–based architecture (Campus AP / RAP), each AP: Discovers one or more controllers (L2 ADP, DHCP option…

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Spectrum Management, QoS and Security: 802.11h, 802.11e and 802.11i (RSN, WPA2 and WPA3)

The three amendments that made Wi-Fi enterprise-ready: 802.11h DFS and TPC for coexisting with radar, 802.11e/WMM EDCA access categories and DSCP mapping for voice and video, and 802.11i RSN with its key hierarchy and 4-way handshake — plus PMF (802.11w), WPA3, Enhanced Open, and a Wireshark checklist for verifying all of it in a capture.

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Channel Bonding and 802.11 Frame Types: Wide Channels, Puncturing, the MAC Header and Every Frame That Matters

How 20 MHz channels are bonded into 40, 80, 160 and 320 MHz channels — primary and secondary channels, dynamic bandwidth, preamble puncturing and the capacity trade-off — followed by the 802.11 MAC header, the four address fields, and management, control and data frames with reason codes and Wireshark filters.

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RF Power and OFDM: dB Math, EIRP, Antennas, Link Budgets and How OFDM Carries Wi-Fi

The maths and physics behind Wi-Fi signals: dB and dBm, EIRP and ERP, antenna gain, types and patterns, received signal strength, noise floor and SNR, receiver sensitivity per MCS, free space path loss and wall attenuation, link budgets in both directions, and OFDM — subcarriers, orthogonality, guard intervals, pilots and how to calculate a data rate from first principles.

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Wi-Fi Frequency Bands and Channels: 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz, UNII Sub-Bands, DFS and Power Rules

Wi-Fi's three frequency bands in depth: the 2.4 GHz ISM band and the 1-6-11 rule, 5 GHz UNII-1 to UNII-4 with DFS and weather-radar channels, 6 GHz UNII-5 to UNII-8 with preferred scanning channels and LPI/Standard Power/VLP power classes and AFC, channel numbering, regional differences, range versus capacity, and channel-planning guidance.

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WLAN Fundamentals: 802.11 Standards, Architecture and How Wi-Fi Works

The foundations of Wi-Fi: who defines it (IEEE, Wi-Fi Alliance, regulators), the 802.11 generations from 802.11b to Wi-Fi 7, the 802.11 MAC and PHY, BSS/ESS architecture, CSMA/CA and the hidden node problem, how a client joins a WLAN, bands, modulation and MCS, MIMO/MU-MIMO/OFDMA, and Wi-Fi security from WEP to WPA3.

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