T he average home now has dozens of networked devices, from computers to smart devices and streaming boxes. Each of these ...

Can anybody give me a step by step guide for setting up multiple VLANs on a Cisco 1841 modular router? I can't find anything to help me through my problem, which, incidentally, is that I can create ...

It’s easy to see why virtual LANs have become popular on networks of all sizes. Imagine having multiple separate physical networks within a single organization — without the headache of managing ...

LLDP provides for the communication of IEEE 802.3af power levels and VLAN information in a similar manner to that which Cisco pioneered with CDP. LLDP is supported in most of Cisco’s newer switches ...

I've got a problem, I've been trying to implement some layer2 security on our switches with Port-Security, only allowing 2 MAC addresses on any 1 switchport. I've been looking at some of our switches ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This IP lesson will focus on layer two switches, which are almost exclusively Ethernet switches.

Say hello to Quality of Service, Link Aggregation, Access Control Lists, Spanning Tree Protocol, and IGMP Snooping.

The VXLAN technology introduced by Cisco and VMware this week is intended to scale VLANs to accommodate the exploding number of virtual machines in the virtualized data center. In addition to Cisco ...

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 ...