I'm looking at the mess the previous IT team left in their wake with regards to the logical layout of the network. I've been here approaching a year and a half and it's got to the point it is driving ...
But maybe not for the reasons you think ...
We've built new HQ adjacent to existing. Today I successfully tested 10g uplink between new core switches in both building for the first time. The current network is a bit messy but since I don't have ...
Layer 3 devices have the intelligence to drive a multiple VLAN network, while Layer 2 devices can only participate in the VLAN network. In my case, I have a 6509 Catalyst Switch as the core switch for ...
Many of us cordially detest virtual LANs (VLANs). They require complicated configuration, and consequently they are error-prone. They do not offer fully satisfactory solutions for the problems they ...
Network Job Solutions – The wireless access points operate as bridges with no routing defined anywhere on the wireless network segment. All VLANs are defined on the wired switches and mapped with ...
Virtual LAN (VLAN) technology, which is defined under the IEEE 802.1q specifications, has allowed enterprise to extend the reach of their corporate networks across the WAN. VLANs enable a LAN to be ...
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 ...