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Afroz Ahmad – Main Author of AfrozAhmad.com

Welcome to Afroz Ahmad – I’ve been writing about computer network technologies on my blog since 2012. My name is Afroz Ahmad, and I am a seasoned Network Engineer and author of AfrozAhmad.com.

I’m a CCIE with more than 17 years of experience in Computer Networking, Data Centers, Telecom, Internet Services, and ISPs. Currently, I work as a Network Designer for a leading ISP equipment vendor. I share my expertise through my blog and courses, aiming to help people solve everyday internet issues, select the appropriate equipment for their tech needs, and simplify complex networking concepts for both beginners and experienced professionals.

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Latest Posts

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This simple Windows10 feature can save you from staying up all night

Afroz AhmadFeb 9, 20214 min read
What if I say that there is one simple windows10 feature to turn off blue light, which is turned off by default and can help you sleep better, especially if you work at night on your laptop.
Installing BackTrack 5 R3 inside Vmware Workstation

Installing BackTrack 5 R3 inside Vmware Workstation

Afroz AhmadJan 26, 20132 min read

In this tutorial i will show you how to install Backtrack 5 R3 in Vmware workstation 8, it is recently  released by offensive security team and it is used by penetration testers world…

Cisco Nexus 7000 VRF and OSPF Configuration inside Titanium N7K Emulator

Cisco Nexus 7000 VRF and OSPF Configuration inside Titanium N7K Emulator

Afroz AhmadJan 26, 20133 min read

This exercise has been completed on Nexus 7K titanium emulator. I am running two N7K titanium machines inside vmware workstation and have connected 7 network adapters to emulate the physical…

Configure ACLs using Atomic Programming in Cisco Nexus 7000

Configure ACLs using Atomic Programming in Cisco Nexus 7000

Afroz AhmadJan 24, 20132 min read

This lab has been completed on Nexus 7010 with the following hardware and software installed; you can take a look at Cisco Nexus 7000 user accounts and RBAC in my…

ASA 8.4 Site to Site VPN Tunnel using ikev1

ASA 8.4 Site to Site VPN Tunnel using ikev1

Afroz AhmadJan 24, 201310 min read

We will be working on the above-mentioned topology on GNS3. Our goal is to make a VPN S2S tunnel between Arizona ASA1 running code 8.4 and Nevada router, and finally,…

Cisco Nexus 7000 User Accounts and RBAC

Cisco Nexus 7000 User Accounts and RBAC

Afroz AhmadJan 23, 20134 min read
In this article, we will discuss Nexus 7K user accounts and RBACs
GLBP Details

GLBP Details, Configs and Load Balancing Tests

Afroz AhmadApr 23, 201226 min read
Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP) is a Cisco proprietary protocol that attempts to overcome the limitations of existing redundant router protocols by adding basic load balancing functionality. Watch the short video and take a quiz to get a quick understanding of GLBP.
How to Copy Large Show Tech-support from Cisco Device Using Putty

How to Copy Large “Show Tech-support” from Cisco Device Using Putty ?

Afroz AhmadJan 22, 20123 min read
How to copy a large “Show Tech-support” output from a Cisco device using Putty. This is useful in case you are unable to copy the entire content of the output in one go.
Bridging LAN Over WAN

Bridging LAN Over WAN

Afroz AhmadNov 21, 20114 min read

Bridging for me is simply straightforward here in Bridging we are NOT rewriting the Layer 3 packet simply forwarding  the Layer 3 information in Layer 2 frame intact from one…

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What if we dont know the AS number of the Neighbouring Router in EIGRP…

Afroz AhmadNov 3, 20113 min read

Here i have taken a simple topology R1 is connecting directly over Serial 0/0 link to BB1 , and as we know we dont have much access to Backbone routers…

OER/Pfr ….Watching like hell……

OER/Pfr ….Watching like hell……

Afroz AhmadOct 31, 201114 min read

Today we will discuss not so explored cisco outstanding feature OER/Pfr and see how it can monitor and make decisions on its own and route  traffic on the best available…

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MSDP with BGP Address-family Ipv4 Multicast

Afroz AhmadOct 29, 20116 min read

Today we will be discussing MSDP with BGP ipv4 multicast address-family. The topology is simple we have taken four routers R1 in BGP AS 1 , R5 in BGP AS…

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Spanning-tree Guard Root

Afroz AhmadJun 18, 20113 min read
We'll discuss STP Root Guard, which prevents Layer 2 loops in network anomalies.
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3560/3550 Recovery Procedure

Afroz AhmadJun 15, 201112 min read

3560/3550 Recovery Procedure———————————— Connect a PC to the console port of the switch, Use a terminal emulation program such as Microsoft Windows HyperTerminal in order to establish the console session.…

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Configure Replace

Afroz AhmadJun 14, 20113 min read

Configure Replace ————————– If you want to replace your running configuration with the configuration saved in your router flash: memory , you can simply follow the procedure:- First of all…

eBGP Peering

eBGP Peering

Afroz AhmadJun 13, 20113 min read

eBGP Peering ——————- We are able to peer with a tool in different Autonomous System utilizing eBGP. The AD(administrative distance) for eBGP friends is 20. By default the time-to-live(TTL) is…

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Dot1x Authentication

Afroz AhmadJun 12, 20113 min read

Dot1x Authentication ————————– Recently i have configured the Dot1x authentication in my network, thought of posting on my blog. It is a cool feature,with Dot1x authentication we can provide added…

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QinQ Tunneling

Afroz AhmadJun 11, 20116 min read

QinQ Tunneling ———————— This is the method basically used by service providers to preserve Vlan-Ids and to segregate traffic of different customers.It enables service providers to use a single VLAN…

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MPLS Terminologies

Afroz AhmadJun 10, 20113 min read

MPLS Terminologies ————————– >MPLS:-The evolution of MPLS was Cisco’s TAG Switching however as it seems it was Cisco’s proprietary so it must be used in Cisco world only,to make it…

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MPLS VPN Scenario

Afroz AhmadJun 9, 20114 min read

OSPF /32 issue in MPLS VPN Scenario =========================== Yesterday i and my office colleague were doing a MPLS-VPN scenario,where we stuck at a place , the issue was really good…