List/Grid Tag Archives: switches
Secure SNMP in Cisco Switches and Routers
This article focus on the ways how we can secure SNMP access in Cisco Switches and Routers Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) uses the default UDP port 161 for general SNMP messages and UDP port 162…
How to Configure DHCP Snooping in a Cisco Catalyst Switch?
Here we go, with the configuration of DHCP snooping on a Cisco Switch. This feature protects the network by allowing the Cisco Switches to accept DHCP response message only from…
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) & VTP Modes
What is a VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)? “VTP allows a network manager to configure a switch so that it will propagate VLAN configurations to other switches in the network” VLAN…
Main Network Hardware’s Difference: Integrated Devices, Router, Network Switch & Firewall
If you are used to working with home networking gear, you will be used to an integrated device that “does it all”. On a home network, you may have one…
Cisco’ Answer to SDN, Cisco ONE Introduced at Cisco Live
Cisco unveiled its strategy for delivering software-defined networking, describing its Open Network Environment Platform Kit (onePK) as a more comprehensive approach than the OpenFlow protocol or the OpenStack approaches by…
LAN and Setup VLAN on a Cisco Switch
When I heard of the LAN and VLAN for the first time, I have nothing idea about it. What is it, and how is it used for? … So many…
Switch Types and LAN Switching
A switch is a telecommunication device which receives a message from any device connected to it and then transmits the message only to that device for which the message was…
Cisco Focus on Networks Pays Off in Q2 Earnings
“Cisco was focused on flip cameras and consumer devices,” said analyst Zeus Kerravala. Cisco CEO John Chambers “made the promise that networking was going to be a focus for them…
Ethernet & Ethernet Switch
Ethernet refers to the family of Local Area Network (LAN) implementation. Ethernet is actually the most popular Local Area Network architecture that consists of Ethernet specifications and standards as well…
Two Types of Networks: LANs and WANs
Networks are divided into two types, a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), which are generic terms referring to two important basic types of networks. The Internet can…
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