Nicolas Marengo's questions

Ive never done VLAN before, in our own LAN i create subnets physically by using CISCO ASA 5505.

We now have added a new site and Ive been requested to create a VPN connection and 2 or 3 VLANs between 2 sites, this is the same VLANs in site 1 to have them in site 2. As example, one of the vlans will be use for the ip phones at both sites. Another VLAN will be used for Applications.

Sites will be connected over a 10mb leased line.

Im going to be given a Cisco 2821 router at either end. but ive been looking on the internet and this is a Layer 2 router.

Now, what is the best whay to do this? Should i request to have a different router which is layer 3 or should i request a layer 3 switch to plug into that router?

Thanks

Nico

It has happened many times in my organization that some people have left in not really good terms. So when you go to check their computers you find that they normally delete their emails, sometimes you can find them in the deleted folder (lol) but sometimes they even delete them from there.

Here is a way to get them back, I would like to see how other sys admins deal with this...

Download a hex editor from google.
Open the .pst with the hexeditor and delete positions 7 and 13.(just count the letter and do space bar on top of letter at space 7 and letter at space 13.
This will corrupt the pst file. Save it.

Run SCANPST.EXE, normally located in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033". It will make a backup and then it will attempt to repair the file. Once its finished, open the .pst on outlook and emails should now be there.

NOW... if you are a sysadmin and you leave the company and you don't want anyone to recover your emails, or at least make it extra harder for them... then all you need to do after deleted your email is go to (in MS Outlook) Tools > Option > Mail Set up > Data Files > Choose the .pst and click on settings > Compact Now.