Extended vlans in Cisco switches
For those of you venturing into switching for the first time, one of the things that can be hard to wrap your head around if you’re just a beginner is vlans. Vlans are great ways to make the management...
View ArticleAggregating links on Cisco switches
Hello again folks! So you’ve just recently got your purchase approved for a brand new set of switches and you want to find a way to increase your throughput. What do you do? You aggregate links of...
View ArticleMore Cisco gear for the SMB world!
Hello again folks! Cisco is once again bringing great product to the market place. This time hitting the SMB market with a new series of switches called the Cisco ESW 500 series. These switches are all...
View ArticleVTP – should you use it?
Hi folks! So welcome to the wonderful world of networking! You buy that fancy brand new Cisco switch and you think to yourself, “I have this cool feature called VTP (Vlan Trunking Protocol) and I want...
View ArticleIs your data network ready for VoIP?
Hi folks! One of the greatest things about today’s network is that it seems to be able to handle anything. It doesn’t seem to matter what you want to do on your network, there is always a technology...
View ArticleSpanning Tree and Switches
Hi folks, so you are on a new network project and you need to spec out some switches. How many ports do you need? Well you need to think about how many ports you need not just for computers or other...
View ArticleHaving network traffic flow issues?
Hi folks! One of the common problems people run into in their networks is when they have many switches of multiple brands interconnected across their network with many loops. This can sometimes cause a...
View ArticleHP A-Series Switches
Hi folks! So recently I went away on some HP A-Series switch training. I was out in Toronto at some training provided by Avnet. The training was very comprehensive, and I got to learn a lot of great...
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