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Cisco Integrated Services Routers G1, EOL Announcement

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

Cisco Integrated Services Router 1841, 2800, and 3800 Series product families have lead the access routing market for the past 6 years; however with greater demands in the branch for higher performance for next-generation WAN connectivity, increased media collaboration, video…

Cisco Nexus 5500: A Viable Core Switch for the Midsized Enterprise?

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

Mix of Nexus 5500 & Catalyst 6500? Hi there, Does Nexus 5500 series require a Nexus 7000 parent device? or it will be supported with Catalyst 6509? If this is the scenario : CAT6509 – Core Layer 3 CAT6509 –…

How to Configure PPP on Cisco Router？

Posted on April 9, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech |

What is PPP? Point-to-Point connection is one of the most common types of WAN connection. PPP connections are used to connect LANs to service provider WANs, and to connect LAN segments within an organization network. A LAN-to-WAN point-to-point connection is…

Why Cisco is the Best…? Why Router-switch.com…?

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

Why Cisco Hardware? Besides the leading networking giant, Cisco technology and Cisco hardware influence the whole networking world, for it is always supplying the advanced networking solutions and perfect Cisco network equipment. Cisco certification, wide range of products, scalability, manageability,…

Cisco Adds Apps, Home Control to New Smart Routers‎

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

Falling in love with a new Cisco router for your home network? Cisco unveiled on Thursday a new line of Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers with app-enabled capabilities, the EA Series (EA4500, EA3500 and EA2700). The so-called “Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers”…

A Tale of Cisco, Cisco Network & Cisco Equipment

Posted on March 30, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco’s History—Cisco, founded in 1984 by a married couple(Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner) who worked as computer operations staff members at Stanford University, is a worldwide network giant in providing the hardware and software solutions of LAN and WAN. The…

Cisco 800 Series Routers Help You Prepare for CCNA Exam & CISCO IOS

Posted on March 27, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

“What is the best router to use to learn the Cisco IOS?”, or “what is the best router to use to practice for your CCNA exam?”, or even, “what is the best router to use to connect your home or…

Analysis: How to Choose the Right Cisco Switches for Your LAN?

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

Large and mid-size organizations or enterprises are entering another cycle of Local Area Network upgrades due to two recent technology changes. One is that 10Gb Ethernet are now standard connections on servers. The other is the widespread adoption of wireless…

Tutorial & Tips: How to Set Up a Cisco Linksys Router?

Posted on March 19, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech |

Cisco Linksys router, one of the most required routers to build your home networks, however, end-users are commonly challenged to setup the device in the home, office, or other locations. The popular Cisco Linksys routers on the market may be…

Switch Types and LAN Switching

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

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 meant. It plays an integral part in most modern Ethernet…

Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series & Catalyst 2960 LAN Lite Series

Posted on March 15, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech |

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S and 2960 Series are fixed-configuration access switches designed for enterprise, midmarket, and branch office networks to provide lower total cost of ownership. The Cisco Catalyst 2960 and 2960-S Series Switches are the leading Layer 2 edge, providing…

General Questions Help You Realize Cisco Aironet 1250 Series Access Point

Posted on March 14, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco Aironet 1250 Series is a component of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, which can scale up to 18,000 access points with full Layer 3 mobility across central or remote locations on the enterprise campus, in branch offices, and…

The Benefits of Cisco VoIP

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

VoIP and IP telephony are becoming increasingly popular with large corporations and consumers alike. For many people, Internet Protocol (IP) is more than just a way to transport data, it’s also a tool that simplifies and streamlines a wide range…

How to Upgrade the License on Your Cisco ASA?

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

The different licensing “levels” available on the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances allow an organization to buy only what they need while retaining the option to upgrade in the future, if necessary. For example, a small business with 15 employees may…

Cisco Ramps up Its Firewall Options

Posted on March 2, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Networking hardware company—Cisco, is upgrading its firewall technologies and even its own certification courses to better meet newer challenges in network security. Cisco has introduced a new “reimagined” firewall that adds a level of security smarts that could eventually show…

Cisco’s WAN Edge Routers

Posted on March 2, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco’s midrange routers can provide larger businesses with high-performance, secure head ends to aggregate branch office and remote user traffic and to provide ISPs cost-effective wide area network edge solutions. Cisco’s WAN aggregation router product line features the Cisco 7200…

Cisco Delivers 100G at 3,000 km without Regeneration

Posted on February 27, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announced its coherent 100 Gigabit (100G) dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) solution, which exceeds 3,000 km in reach, without the need for complex Raman optical amplification technology or signal regeneration signals. This distance is 50% further than any non-Raman…

Doc Sharing: How to Migrate from Catalyst to Nexus?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

How to migrate from a Catalyst-based data center to a Nexus-based data center? Are you still confused with layer 2 and Layer 3? Maybe the following document written by Jeremy Filliben can help you become a network expert. Migrating from…

Network Switch Compared: Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series or Juniper EX4200

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

What do people thought about Juniper’s EX switches Vs. Cisco Catalysts switches? Someone may answer like these: “Well the Juniper switches are much cheaper, that’s for sure. I don’t understand this Cisco-only mentality that’s out there – why would I…

Ethernet & Ethernet Switch

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

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 as Ethernet hardware devices such as Ethernet splitter, Ethernet drivers…

LAN, How to Set Up LAN Network?

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

Speaking of local area networks, or LANs, they are smaller networks, usually within an office base. LAN is used to connect computing resources, typically inside one building. The computing resources can be computers, printers, servers, IP phones, or routers. Connections…

Cisco Network Positioning System

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

Cisco’s NPS: The Cisco Network Positioning System (NPS) provides and manages virtual cloud-based services and other network applications from the network. It is built on advanced network features and the intelligence inside next generation networks (NGN), and further aggregates the…