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World Cup 2022 | Why Extreme Networks was chosen by the stadiums?

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Manuel | 0 Comments

The largest athletic event in the world, the 2022 World Cup, began on Sunday at Al Bayt Stadium in Qatar. But do you understand how networking and stadiums with tens of thousands of seats are related? Business and IT executives…

Synology NAS: Data Management Expert in Digital Age

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Misha | 0 Comments

Data is the oil of the digital age. Efficient data management is the key to enterprise transformation and enhancing competitiveness. Are there more and more digital devices around you, causing the data to be scattered and difficult to find? When faced…

Storage Matters: Why Choose QNAP NAS?

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Misha | 0 Comments

With the development of the COVID-19, home/remote working has gradually become popular. Public cloud services for storing files are starting to gain traction. People started using NAS with Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, etc. Using public cloud services to store files is…

3 FAQs of Connecting Switches by Fiber Optical Ports

Posted on February 22, 2021 by RS-Tech | 0 Comments

Switch optical port intercommunication means that the optical fiber ports of two switches are connected to each other to achieve the purpose of network connection. Can two switches with optical ports be directly connected by optical fiber? Yes, the main…

The Development of Network Hardware

Posted on January 11, 2021 by RS-Tech | 0 Comments

Do you know why does our network need routers, switches or firewalls? How many network equipment can deploy a useful network? In this post, we will discuss the development of network hardware. Enjoy it! First, we share you an infographic…

18th Anniversary Sale, Up to 87% Off

Posted on August 18, 2020 by RS-Tech | 0 Comments

Configuration, Router-switch.com is 18 years old now! Found in 2002, Router-switch.com, a leading ICT products supplier, is customer-centric and strive to provide best products and professional solutions for customers in ICT market. In order to return customers, we have an…

Next Generation Cisco SMB Switching-New Cisco 250 and 350 Series with Multi-Gigabit and 10GE

Posted on March 23, 2018 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Several new models in the 350 and 250 Series is available NOW. These new models provide even more Managed and Smart Switch options including MGig and 10 Gigabit Ethernet models. The new 350 Series Models: These new 350 Series models…

New Cisco WAP351 Wireless Model, PoE PD & PoE PSE…

Posted on February 12, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Recently, Cisco’s new WAP351 has been introduced to room users. It is perfect for conference rooms, classrooms, hospitality and other flexible deployments. The new WAP351, its full name is the Cisco WAP351 Wireless-N Dual Radio Access Point with 5 Ports…

Routers vs. Network Switches

Posted on January 23, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

If you need to choose a router or a switch to set up a network for your business, what you will take into consideration? As we known, router and network switch are necessary computer networking devices. They allow one or…

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Password Recovery

Posted on January 2, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

“I’m trying to do password recovery on a Catalyst 3850 switch, and I can’t figure out what I have to actually do.” For network users it is a common problem that you lost or forgot the password of a network…

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches Debut at Cisco Partner Summit

Posted on June 7, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

On June 4th, 2013, Cisco announced that it upgraded its best-selling Catalyst switch by doubling its stacked port density, stacking bandwidth, buffers and CPU performance at Annual Cisco Partner Summit event. Cisco introduced the next generation of its wildly successful Catalyst…

Cisco Nexus 6000 Switches: High-Density, Compact Form Factor

Posted on February 21, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco unveiled the Cisco Nexus 6000, the world’s first 96-port, line rate 40-gigabit fixed form factor switch with Ethernet and Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and 1-microsecond latency across all ports. For example, the Nexus 6000 can transfer the entire…

FAQ: What Network Users Care about IPv6?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

This article contains Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Internet Protocol Version 6(IPv6). Q. How to limit clients getting an IPv6 address without using a DHCP server ? A. Use the command“ipv6nd prefix <prefix> no-advertise”.This will set a bit in theIPv6 NA…

How the Root Bridge and Ports are Chosen?

Posted on November 16, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Root Bridge In STP configured switched LAN or broadcast domain, a switch is designated as the root bridge. The root bridge serves as an administrative point for all spanning-tree calculations to determine which redundant links to block. An election…

Root Port Selection on a Switch

Posted on November 16, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Best Paths to the Root Bridge After the root bridge has been designated for the spanning tree process, the next process is to determine the best paths to the root bridge from all destinations in the network. The best path…

Discussion: Router vs. Layer 3 Switches

Posted on December 2, 2011 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

When a router receives a packet, it looks at the Layer 3 source and destination addresses to determine the path the packet should take. A standard switch relies on the MAC addresses to determine the source and destination of a…