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What is Exact Cisco Catalyst 2960-S FlexStack?

Posted on February 22, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco FlexStack stacking for Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches provides a true stacking solution with all switches in a FlexStack stack acting as a single switching unit. FlexStack provides a unified data plane, and single configuration for a group of stacked Cisco…

Understanding Different Router Numbers

Posted on February 1, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Many of the routing protocols implemented in Cisco’s IOS require a number to follow the command that enables the routing protocol in question. For example: “router eigrp 1,” “router bgp 1” or “router ospf 1”. If you’re new to routing,…

Routing Information Protocol & RIP Configuration

Posted on January 31, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Introduction to Routing Information Protocol (RIP) IP RIP (Routing Information Protocol) comes in two different versions: 1 and 2. Version 1 is a distance vector protocol (RFC 1058) and Version 2 is a hybrid protocol (RFCs 1721 and 1722). Routing Information Protocol Version 1…

Cisco SDN Strategy Doubles Cisco Software Business

Posted on January 29, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

As part of its goal to surpass $100-billion companies like Hewlett Packard and IBM to become the number one IT company in the world, Cisco will double its software business in the next five years, a Cisco executive said. The…

Cisco to Acquire Israeli Mobile Startup Intucell for $475 Million

Posted on January 24, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announced it intends to buy Israeli software maker Intucell for about $475 million in cash to expand its mobile network management offerings. Cisco said Intucell’s software “enables mobile carriers to plan, configure, manage, optimize and heal cellular networks automatically,…

Cisco Unified Computing System: UCS Components

Posted on January 22, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) provides a solution that integrates the server, network and storage resources that are used within a modern datacenter. It does this through the deployment of equipment that is managed through a single management system (UCS…

Port Forwarding a Range of Ports on Cisco IOS

Posted on January 18, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

One question that routinely comes up in a particular forum that we frequent is “How do I port forward a range of ports?” Usually, this question is met with one of two answers: 1) you don’t, or 2) manually enter…

How to Configure Static NAT for Inbound Connections?

Posted on January 16, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Someone recently asked me how to configure Network Address Translation (NAT) so that computers on the Internet could access his internal Web and mail server through his Cisco router. This requires configuring a static NAT translation between the dedicated public…

What’s the Order of Operations for Cisco IOS?

Posted on January 15, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

“What’s the order in which IOS processes the running config between the following items? ACL Distrubute list, Route map Routing Protocol Routing What im looking for is the packet flow when it arrives thru an interface for better understanding? Does…

How to Set up NAT Using the Cisco IOS?

Posted on January 9, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Network address translation (NAT) is one of those rare information technology buzzwords that do exactly what its name implies. In this case, it translates one network address into another network address. The most popular use for NAT is to connect…

Cisco 2012 CSR Report: Packaging, Supplier Diversity & Governance

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

Cisco has long been a corporate social responsibility (CSR) trailblazer, and this year is no exception. The information technology giant recently released its 2012 CSR Report, which is an outstanding template of how to communicate and execute stakeholder engagement. Cisco’s report is also…

How to Configure GLBP?

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

Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP) provides redundancy for IP networks, ensuring that user traffic immediately and transparently recovers from first hop router failures, while allowing packet load sharing between a group of redundant routers. GLBP provides load balancing over multiple…

Cisco GPL (Global Price List) 2012, Popular Cisco Products’ Latest GPL

Posted on November 22, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Recently, Cisco updated its GPL for a large part of Cisco hardware. Here, we can check part of popular Cisco products’ GPL. Which one is your focus…? Product/Партномер Product Description/Описание GPL New GPL CISCO888-K9 Cisco888 G.SHDSL Sec Router w/ ISDN…

Cisco Released Cisco ASA Software 9.0

Posted on November 6, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Version 9.0 of the Cisco ASA software has now been released. Here are some of the major features in the new release. Filter ICMP by ICMP code Clustering of multiple ASAs OSPFv3 and EIGRP support IPv6 support on outside interface…

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. viagra cheap Customers with active service contracts will continue to…

Cisco SMARTnet Service-IMPROVE NETWORK & IT INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCT AVALABILITY

Posted on September 6, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Firstly, let’s have a quick look at what Cisco SMARTnet Service is. Maintain Network and IT Infrastructure Coverage Cisco SMARTnet Service is an award-winning technical support service that gives your IT staff direct, anytime access to Cisco experts and extensive…

How to Configure DHCP Snooping?

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

DHCP snooping is a security feature intended to prevent rogue DHCP server from sending malicious DHCP replies. When DHCP snooping is enabled, the switch intercept all the DHCP requests, and discards DHCP replies coming from “untrusted” ports. The offending switch…

Cisco Announced End-of-Sale and End-of-Life for Cisco Catalyst 3750/3560G&E Switches

Posted on August 22, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announced the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3750G, 3560G, 3750-E, and 3560-E Series Switches. The official end of sale date is January 30, 2013. As is tradition, support will be provided for 5 years following the…

Configure Private VLANs on Cisco 3560 Switches

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

The private-VLAN feature addresses two problems that service providers face when using VLANs: 1. Scalability: The switch supports up to 1005 active VLANs. If a service provider assigns one VLAN per customer, this limits the numbers of customers that the…

How Private VLANs Work?

Posted on August 15, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

It’s simple to explain What Private VLAN is, but Cisco’s implemenation and configuration steps are a bit confusing – with all the “mappings” and “associations” stuff. Here we will talk about Private VLAN and how private VLANs work. Firstly, let’s…

Four Modes to Access and Configure a Cisco Router

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

Cisco IOS Command Summary—Four Modes to Access and Configure a Cisco Router The four modes for accessing and configuring a Cisco router are: user EXEC mode, privileged EXEC mode, global configuration mode, interface configuration mode Each mode has a unique command set. Purpose of…

What You Could Do While Facing End-of-Life Cisco Hardware

Posted on August 7, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco Products reach the end of their Product Life Cycle for a number of reasons. These reasons may be due to market demands, technology innovation and development driving changes in the products, or the products simply mature over time and…