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EoS & EoL for the High-Density Voice/Fax Network Modules for Cisco ISR-G1 and ISR-G2 Series

Posted on September 12, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announced the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the High-Density Voice/Fax Network Modules for Cisco ISR-G1 and ISR-G2 Series. The last day to order the affected product(s) is February 24,…

Cisco Purchases Whiptail to Enter Data Storage Market

Posted on September 11, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Preface: On Tuesday Cisco announced its first foray into the data storage market, saying it would pay $415 million to acquire privately held storage system maker Whiptail. Cisco’s acquisition highlights…

Cisco 802.11ac Module for the Cisco 3600 Access Point

Posted on September 11, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco launched their 3rd modular Access Point in 2012, the Cisco 3602 featuring 3 Spatial Stream 802.11n, dual radios, and CleanAir support. One of the much touted features was the…

Next Generation Networks: Key Features & Advantages

Posted on September 5, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Preface: The rising tides of big data, video, and cloud computing are driving tremendous demand for faster and more efficient networks. We delve into how things like software-defined networks (SDN)…

Differences between WLANs, Wi-Fi and WiMax

Posted on September 5, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

When should I use WLANs, Wi-Fi and WiMax? And what are the primary differences between Wi-Fi and WLAN? There are main points may help you use WLANs, Wi-Fi and WiMax…

Five Points about SDN Outlined by Experts

Posted on September 4, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

What’s the true meaning of SDN? Early May 2013, at Interop Las Vegas, experts gathered for an all-day SDN workshop, moderated by Jim Metzler (vice president at Ashton, Metzler &…

Static Route Configuration between Cisco IOS and IOS XR Comparison

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

In this article we will list the main comparison of basic Static route configuration between Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XR. Configuration Example: In this example we have R1 running…

Cisco ASA SNMP Polling Via VPN Site-to-Site Tunnel

Posted on August 28, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

How CAN you monitor your remote ASA over Ipsec Lan-to-Lan tunnel? Here in this article we will show the way to monitor your remote ASA over Ipsec Lan-to-Lan tunnel. Scenario:…

Q&A: How to Troubleshoot ASA, PIX, and FWSM?

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

In this article we collected the answers for the questions on the Topic-Troubleshooting ASA, PIX, and FWSM. Note: It was provided by Kureli Sankar, which is available in the Ask The Expert section…

Create IPv6 LAN-to-LAN VPN Tunnel on Cisco ASAs

Posted on August 23, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

To create a Lan to Lan VPN tunnel on an ASA firewall with IPv6 addressing, what needs to be done? LAN-to-LAN VPNs are typically used to transparently connect geographically disparate…

Top 10 Cisco IOS Configuration Mistakes

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

There are a number of common mistakes that are made while learning something about Cisco IOS. In this article it covers the largest of these misconfigurations. This list is of…

How to Connect Cisco Wireless Access Point?

Posted on August 20, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Are you facing this trouble like this: you have bought a Cisco wireless AP without power supply, how to solve this problem? Here we share 3 options for you: Option1: Cisco…

Why Highly Profitable Cisco to Lay Off 4000 Employees?

Posted on August 19, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco’s earnings and revenue grew in the latest quarter as demand for its computer networking equipment increased. But CEO John Chambers called the global economy “challenging and inconsistent” and the…

Quiz Questions to Know Wireless LANs

Posted on August 19, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Do You Know This Wireless LANs? Wireless LAN Concepts, Deploying WLANs, Wireless LAN Security. There are 9 quiz questions to know the key points of WLAN. Questions 1-4: Wireless LAN…

Generals Qs of Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series and Its CenterFlex Technology

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

The primary positioning of the CiscoCatalyst4500 E-Series: It is the Cisco lead modular access portfolio. This platform is positioned for enterprise wiring closet, small and medium-sized business (SMB) core/aggregation, and…

Cisco Launched Meraki MR34 Cloud-based 802.11ac Access Point

Posted on August 14, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

To help organizations meet infrastructure demands while managing complex networks, Cisco’s newly formed Cloud Networking Group announced the Cisco Meraki MR34, the first 100 percent cloud-managed 802.11ac access point. This solution,…

What Things to be Considered While Upgrading ASA 5500 Series?

Posted on August 13, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

When we upgrade an ASA 5500 firewall from 8.2 version to 8.3 or so, many things we need to list here. So we would like to share some tips about…

Steps to Configure Static NAT with Route-maps

Posted on August 12, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

A static NAT (Network Address Translation) configuration creates a simple translation entry in the NAT table, translating a particular local address to a specific global address and vice versa. These entries…

OSPFv3 vs. OSPFv2 Routing Protocol

Posted on August 8, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

What is OSPF? Watch the video to learn OSPF: This article outlines few comparisons of OSPFv3 and OSPFv2 Routing Protocol. OSPFv3 has few similarities with that of IPv4 version i.e.…

How to Troubleshoot OSPFv3 Frame-Relay?

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

Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv3) is a link state protocol that supports IPv6 and as well as IPv4. OSPF version 3 differs from OSPF version 2 for IPv4 as some changes…

Cisco IOS Versions and Naming Overview

Posted on August 6, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

One thing that is often confusing to any network engineer (regardless of level) is the version and naming structure used by Cisco for their IOS images. Although the naming used…

Basic HSRP Configuration Example On Cisco IOS XR

Posted on August 2, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) is an IP routing redundancy protocol designed to allow for transparent failover at the first-hop IP router. HSRP provides high network availability, because it…