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Spending on cloud computing and storage infrastructure will increase by nearly 15% year-on-year in Q1 2023

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Elina Gong | 0 Comments

According to the latest data from IDC, spending on cloud computing and storage infrastructure products continued to grow strongly in the first quarter of 2023, reaching $21.5 billion, a year-on-year…

8 Questions You Should Pay Attention when Buying Cisco Equipment

Posted on October 12, 2020 by RS-Tech | 0 Comments

As we all know, Cisco is one of the best network hardware manufacturers in the world. To build a smooth and fast network for our companies, we need original new…

Cisco IOS on Cisco Catalyst Switches

Posted on September 21, 2018 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco IOS XE opens a completely new paradigm in network configuration, operation, and monitoring through network automation. Cisco’s automation solution is open, standards-based, and extensible across the entire lifecycle…

Requirements for Virtual Stacking

Posted on June 28, 2018 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Catalyst 2960-L does not support stacking. But the Catalyst 2960-L switches support virtual stacking for single IP management. Up to eight switches can be configured and managed a single…

Performance Comparison of Cisco 4000 with Cisco ISR G2 Routers

Posted on February 28, 2018 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco 4000 ISR and Cisco ISR G2 Routers, an important difference in performance reporting between the two families to be aware of is that although the Cisco Integrated Services Routers…

Top Commands for Verifying Cisco Switch Network Status and Operational State

Posted on December 30, 2016 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

How to use correctly to maintain your Cisco network? When your network consists of multiple devices connected at a distance, how can you test connections and keep on top of…

Introducing the Cisco IOS XE Open Service Containers

Posted on August 24, 2016 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Did you hear of the Cisco service container and the Cisco open service container? Not yet? Now in this article we will introduce you the Cisco IOS XE Open Service…

How to Recover Password on Cisco IOS Router?

Posted on September 10, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

For people who are doing some labs forgot the password they set for enable mode…perhaps someone was working on the router before and the following one has no idea what…

Cisco IOS XE Version and IOS Version

Posted on August 28, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

How much do you know about Cisco software for its hardware? There are main four types of Cisco software: IOS, XE, XR, and NX-OS. In this article, we will…

Check Cisco Routers and Switches Using the IOS Environment Command

Posted on December 30, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

If your remote router and switches are being cooled properly, how do you know that? Are the fans working? In the following article David Davis will tell you how to…

Top 10 Commands Every Cisco IOS User Should Know

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

As the Cisco IOS is riddled with thousands of commands, configuring it can be challenging and learning some essential commands is necessary. This quick reference describes 10 commands you’ll need…

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…

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…

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…

‘NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching’ Book Review

Posted on July 30, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Preface: The book “NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching: Next Generation Data Center Architectures, Second Edition,” is recommended for anyone looking to purchase Nexus gear or currently supporting Nexus in their…

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…

How to Configure Basic NAT with Overloading?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Here’s a lab that might be helpful for those working towards the CCNA examination. We have a simple topology consisting of three routers. R8 will simply be used as a…

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…

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…

How to Configure NAT in Cisco IOS?

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

NAT (Network Address Translation), it in simple terms translates an IP address into another. Network Address Translation is of different types like Static NAT (One to One) Dynamic NAT (Many…

The Celebration of Router-switch.com’s 10th Anniversary Ended

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

At the end of October, 2012, with the Halloween coming, Router-switch.com’s activities for its 10th anniversary ended. The celebration lasted for two months. It’s great. Thanks for all the participants,…

How to Configure DHCP Snooping in a Cisco Catalyst Switch?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

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…