Five things you should know about configuring a Cisco IOS switch Your email has been sent Once you're ready to make the jump to a more sophisticated switch, what do you need to know? Let's answer some ...

To begin, we must have a more formal definition of what a LAN is. LAN stands for local area network. Hubs and switches usually are thought of as participating in a single LAN. Normally, if you connect ...

A virtual LAN (VLAN) is a broadcast domain created by switches. VLANs are a convenient way to connect ports from different switches and different buildings onto the same network and broadcast domain, ...

The real question is do you want this device to be pushing/popping STags or just passing them along. Most ASICs shouldn't have an issue with the latter but if you need it to manipulate tags it's ...

Sample Design and Configuration for Layer 2 Out-of-Band Deployment Sample Design and Configuration for Layer 3 Out-of-Band Deployment This chapter covers the configuration of the Out-of-Band (OOB) ...

I was wondering, would it be possible for a Linux server to be fed thousands of VLANs over an interface and then route IP packets over those interfaces? In other words, one NIC on the Linux server is ...

Imagine this: your smart home devices, guest Wi-Fi, and workstations all coexist on the same network. A single compromised IoT device could expose sensitive data or disrupt your entire system. It’s a ...

The IEEE’s 802.1Q standard was developed to address the problem of how to break large networks into smaller parts so broadcast and multicast traffic wouldn’t grab more bandwidth than necessary. The ...

You may or may not have heard of VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network). It is something that is primarily used in large businesses around the world. If you are interested in opening a business that ...

Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?