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What issues can rise from web gui config changes then making other changes from the CLI?
As Zak has already said, the GUI's just generate CLI commands. I don't know if the IOS GUI's have an option to show those commands, but the firewall (PDM/ASDM) do.
Mixing the two at the same time is ...
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What issues can rise from web gui config changes then making other changes from the CLI?
It's less confusing for the switch than it might be for you. Basically, the web GUI just translates changes to console commands, practically it's pretty much all the same.
You may get unwanted results ...
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P2P Connection with Aggressive Firewall
However, in the P2P scenario sometimes if the timing is not exact the other packet might arrive first and get dropped.
That's no aggressiveness, that's standard behavior for a stateful firewall and ...
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WOL (Wake on LAN) working only when one PC connected to router via cable
any UDP package coming from any external source using port 7 will be forwarded to my server (local IP 192.168.1.123) and port 7
That shouldn't work. When trying to forward, the router needs to ARP ...
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Do wiremap testers detect split pairs
Most do, but not necessarily all of them - some just test for DC continuity and shorts. While the term is widely understood among professionals, there may be vendors trying to fool you. After all, ...
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Why is MPLS label added between layer 2 header and layer 3 header of OSI model and not between headers of layer 3 and 4 of OSI model?
MPLS is a layer-2 protocol. However, no layer-1 carries MPLS directly, so it gets tacked on to various other layer-2 protocols. (hence "layer-2.5") Adding it after a layer-3 header would ...
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What is PPP and why does it not have a MAC address?
PPP is a data link layer protocol that's designed to run on top of a simple serial link as physical layer. Since there are exactly two nodes on that point-to-point link, no addressing is required.
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