2012 - Router Switch Blog

Reducing Network Power Consumption, is Cisco Doing Enough?

Posted on October 18, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In today’s data center there are two major problems–space and power consumption. But networking vendors–Cisco–are not doing enough to make change. These vendors must rethink chip design and packaging in…

How to Configure OSPF on Cisco Routers?

Posted on October 17, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) is a routing protocol developed by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). OSPF is standards-based which means it is available on routers by Cisco as well…

Cisco Aims to Deliver Communications as a Service with New Upgrades

Posted on October 17, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco extends its collaboration solutions suite for public, private and, clouds as well as brings WebEx to private cloud environments. Cisco is boosting its cloud-based colla Purchase levitra 20…

Cisco Debuts OpenStack Distribution

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

Cisco, a backer of the open source cloud computing project OpenStack, joins Red Hat, Rackspace and others in marketing own version of cloud management platform While hardware is at…

10Gbps Server Migration: The Post-Romley Era

Posted on October 12, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Gigabit Ethernet has been the dominant server network option of choice for the past decade, with more than 200 million 1Gbps server ports shipped since the early 2000s. But the…

Cisco IP Phone Recommendation: Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G-Enhanced Sound Quality

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

Cisco Unified Communications Solutions unify voice, video, data, and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks, delivering a media-rich collaboration experience across business, government agency, and institutional workspaces. These applications…

How to Set Up IPSec Direct Encapsulation on Cisco Devices?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

With the importance of internet security being at the forefront of everyone’s mind these days, importance of keeping data safe while in transit is vital. There are of course a…

EoS/EoL for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 48-Port 100BASE-X Ethernet Interface

Posted on October 9, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 48-Port 100BASE-X Ethernet Interface. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 31, 2013.…

What Router-switch.com Prepared for Its 10th Anniversary?

Posted on October 8, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Router-switch.com, ten years old, happy birthday! 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of router-switch.com, which is an exciting moment for all router-switch’s staff and clients. What Router-switch.com Prepared for Its 10th…

EoS&EoL Announcement for Cisco 6500 Supervisor Engine 720-3B/3BXL Upgrades and Associated Bundles

Posted on October 5, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3B/3BXL Upgrades and Associated Bundles. The last day to order the affected product(s) is…

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Major Enhancements are Coming

Posted on October 4, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Enterprise group head offers glimpse into 2013 roadmap; 100G Ethernet, new programmable ASICs, and fabric and virtualization extensions on tap. As Cisco wraps up migrating its Catalyst 6500 installed base…

Q and A: Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G and Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G

Posted on September 28, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

General Questions Q. What are the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G and Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G? A. The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G and Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G are part…

Cisco Acquires ThinkSmart Technologies for Location Analytics

Posted on September 28, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco Vice President Hilton Romanski said acquisition of ThinkSmart Technologies will accelerate Cisco’s vision for mobility solutions by making it possible for customers to analyze location data from wireless networks…

Cisco CEO Plans Retirement, Succession Race Officially Begins

Posted on September 26, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco CEO John Chambers on Tuesday (September 25, 2012) offered his most candid comments in years on the subject of Cisco succession, saying he may retire within two to four…

Understanding Cisco IOS Static Multicast Routes

Posted on September 25, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In this short article we’ll take a look at Cisco IOS static multicast routes (mroutes) and the way they are used for RPF information selection. Multicast routing using PIM is…

How to Configure GRE over an IPSec Tunnel on Routers?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

To configure Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) over an IPSec tunnel between two routers, you can refer to these steps as follows: 1. Create a tunnel interface (the IP address of…

Router-switch.com Announced Its Newly Redesigned Website

Posted on September 21, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Surprise, surprise, surprise happened to router-switch.com. What’s it? Yeah, here it is proud to announce the release of its newly redesigned website. By updating its main site, https://www.router-switch.com/ which is…

Cisco Intros Cisco Nexus 3548 for High Performance Data Center Environments

Posted on September 20, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The battle between Cisco and Arista Networks is ultimately a battle between two approaches: one highly programmable operating system that Arista has and the custom silicon route that Cisco normally…

Cisco Ending Development of Load-Balancer Products

Posted on September 19, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco has confirmed it will end development of its Application Control Engine (ACE) load-balancer products. While only a back-alley in the Borg’s sprawling product line, the confirmation that ACE will…

Cisco Guide: Migration of Cisco PIX 500 Series to Cisco ASA 5500 Series

Posted on September 18, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances deliver a powerful combination of multiple market-proven technologies in a single platform, making it operationally and economically feasible for organizations to deploy…

‘What Happens in the VLAN Stays in the VLAN?’

Posted on September 13, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

“What is your favorite use of the word Virtual? Virtual Machine, Virtual Reality, Virtual Assistant? One of my favorites is Virtual Local Area Network, (VLAN). Join me as we discover…

Quick Reference Guide: Overview of Cisco 7942/7962 IP Phone

Posted on September 12, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

What do Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942 and 7962 look like? Here you can see the following graphical interpretation. To understand Cisco IP Phone 7962 and 7942 well, let’s answer…