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VLAN Networks

VTP Introduction & Modes

The invention of VLANs was very much welcomed by all engineers and administrators, allowing them to extend, redesign and segment their existing network with minimal costs, while at the same time maki…

Cisco Services & Technologies

Comparing Cisco VPN Technologies – Policy Based v…

Virtual Private Networks constitute a hot topic in networking because they provide low cost and secure communications between sites (site-to-site VPNs) while improving productivity by extending corpo…

Cisco Data Center (Nexus/UCS)

NEXUS NX-OS: Useful Commands, CLI Scripting, Hint…

Whether you’re new to Cisco Nexus switches or have been working with them for years this article will show how to get around the Nexus NX-OS using smart CLI commands and parameters, create your…

The OSI Model

Data Encapsulation & Decapsulation in the OSI Mod…

Here we are going to explain in detail how data travels through the OSI model. You must keep in mind that the OSI model is a guideline. It tells the computer what it's supposed to do when data needs…

Windows Servers

Active Directory Tombstone Lifetime Modification

Tombstone is a container object that contains the deleted objects from Active Directory. Actually when an object is deleted from Active Directory, it is not physically removed from the Active Directo…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

Ethernet Troubleshooting - Physical Frame Corrupt…

When troubleshooting your Ethernet network, the first thing to look for is physical frame corruption. In this essay, we will discuss the different causes of physical frame corruption and the characte…

Cisco Wireless

Cisco Aironet 1100 & 1200 Series (1110, 1121, 114…

Resetting a Cisco Aironet access point can be required if you’ve lost your password or need to wipe out the configuration of a previously configured access point. Cisco provides two main methods to p…

Linux - Unix

Linux System Resource & Performance Monitoring

You may be a user at home, a user in a LAN (local area network), or a system administrator of a large network of computers. Alternatively, you may be maintaining a large number of servers with multip…

Network Fundamentals

Securing Your Home Network

In today's world, securing your home network is more important than ever. With the increasing number of cyberattacks, data breaches, and online frauds, protecting your home network from potential thr…

Network Cabling

Early Communication Technology - Morse Code and E…

We tend to think of digital communication as a new idea but in 1844 a man called Samuel Morse sent a message 37 miles from Washington D.C. to Baltimore, using his new invention ‘The Telegraph’. This…

VLAN Networks

InterVLAN Routing - Routing between VLAN Networks

This article deals with the popular topic of InterVLAN routing, which is used to allow routing & communication between VLAN networks. Our article analyses InterVLAN routing and provides 4 differe…

VLAN Networks

VLANs - IEEE 802.1q Trunk Link Protocol Analysis

While the VLAN Tagging article briefly covered the IEEE 802.1q protocol this article will continue building upon it by further analyzing the IEEE 802.1q Trunk Link Protocol. The IEEE 802.1q tagging m…