Links to troubleshooting tools

Software Tools

Network Management Systems:
http://www.ipswitch.com/products/whatsup/index.asp?t=demo
http://www.solarwinds.com/products/network_tools.aspx

Baselining Tools:
http://www.networkuptime.com/tools/enterprise/

Knowledge Bases:
http://www.cisco.com

Protocol Analyzers:
http://www.flukenetworks.com/fnet/en-us/products/OptiView+Protocol+Expert/


Hardware Tools

Cisco Network Analyzer Module (NAM):
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/network_analysis_module_software/3.5/user/guide/user.html

Cable Testers:
http://www.flukenetworks.com/fnet/en-us/products/CableIQ+Qualification+Tester/Demo.htm

Cable Analyzers:
http://www.flukenetworks.com/fnet/en-us/products/DTX+CableAnalyzer+Series/Demo.htm

Network Analyzers:
http://www.flukenetworks.com/fnet/en-us/products/OptiView+Series+III+Integrated+Network+Analyzer/Demos.htm

DHCP & NAT

DHCP message format:

OP Code (1B), Hardware type (1B), Hardware address length (1B), Hops (1B).
Transaction Identifier (4B)
Seconds (2B), Flags (2B)
Client IP Address (CIADDR: 4B)
Your IP Address (YIADDR: 4B)
Server IP Address (SIADDR: 4B)
Gateway IP Address (GIADDR: 4B)
Client Hardware Address (CHADDR: 16B)
Server Name (SNAME: 64B)
Boot Filename (128B)
DHCP Options (variable bytes)

To turn off DHCP server function:
(config)#no service dhcp
(config)#ip dhcp excluded-address a.b.c.d
(config)#ip dhcp excluded-address low_address [high address]
(config)#ip dhcp pool PoolNAME
(dhcp-config)#network a.b.c.d m.m.m.m
(dhcp-config)#default-router g.g.g.g
(dhcp-config)#dns-server a.b.c.d
(dhcp-config)#domain-name us.army.mil
(dhcp-config)#lease { days [hours] [minutes] | infinite }
(dhcp-config)#netbios-name-server b.b.b.b [c.c.c.c]
(config)#interface fa0/0
(config-if)#ip address dhcp
(config-if)#ip helper-address x.x.x.x
(config-if)#ip forward-protocol 58
(config-if)#no shut

#show ip dhcp server statistics
#show ip dhcp binding
#show ip dhcp pool
#show ip dhcp confict
#debug ip dhcp server events
#debug ip dhcp server packet

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NAT
(config)#ip nat inside source static local_ip global_ip
(config)#interface f 0/0
(config-if)#ip nat inside
(config)#int s 0/0/0
(config-if)#ip nat outside
(config)#ip nat pool MYNAME 141.63.7.16 141.63.7.31 netmask m.m.m.m
(config)#ip nat inside source list access-list-num s0/1/0 overload
(config)#ip nat inside source list access-list-num pool MYNAME [overload]
(config)#no ip nat inside source
--> remove the dynamic source translation. "overload" enables PAT.
(config)#ip nat translation timeout seconds

#clear ip nat translation *
#show ip nat translations [verbose]
#show ip nat statistics
#debug ip nat [detailed]