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Cisco Routers

Introduction To Routers

Welcome to the Routers section. Here we will analyse routers quite some depth; what they do and how they work. We must point out that knowlege on the OSI model is recommended, plus understanding of h…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

IEEE 802.3 Interframe Spacing

The IEEE 802.3 specification states that before a station can attempt to transmit on the wire, it must first wait until it has heard 9.6 microseconds of silence. Many popular myths have arisen surrou…

Network Protocol Analyzers

How to Detect Routing Loops and Physical Loops wi…

When working with medium to large scale networks, IT departments are often faced dealing with network loops and broadcast storms that are caused by user error, faulty network devices or incorrect con…

Web Application Vulnerability Scanners

Web Application Security Best Practices that Help…

Successful web application attacks and the data breaches that are resulting from these attacks, have now become everyday news, with large corporations being hit constantly. Our article covering majo…

Cisco Services & Technologies

Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN) Deployment Models…

Following our successful article Understanding Cisco Dynamic Multipoint VPN - DMVPN, mGRE, NHRP, which serves as a brief introduction to the DMVPN concept and technologies used to achieve the flexibi…

The OSI Model

The OSI Model: Layer 7 - Application Layer

The Application layer of the OSI model is where users communicate with the computer. The Application layer is responsible for identifying and establishing the availability of the intended communicati…

Network Protocols

Trivial File Transport Protocol - TFTP

TFTP is a file transport protocol and its name suggests it's something close to the FTP protocol (File Transfer Protocol), which is true .. to a degree. TFTP isn't very popular because it's not reall…

ManageEngine

Free seminar: Discover how ManageEngine can help…

Digital transformation is not just a buzzword anymore. Most IT companies have already started to evolve around hybrid network infrastructures, expanding their IT footprint. Now is the time to enhance…

SASE & SD-WAN Networks

WAN Optimization vs SD WAN Networks. Today’s Chal…

Enterprises have been successfully running WAN optimization appliances at their many distributed sites for years. The devices have done a good job of helping businesses squeeze as much capacity as po…

SASE & SD-WAN Networks

The Most Common Worst Networking Practices and Ho…

In the rush to keep pace with the many challenges facing today’s organizations, all too often networking teams end up adopting practices and processes that are, shall we say, less than perfect. You p…

Cisco Services & Technologies

Introducing The Cisco Technical Support Mobile Ap…

By: Arani Mukherjee & Chris Partsenidis For a successful networking professional it is essential to gain information on-the-fly about the network infrastructure he or she is working on. For a su…

Network Cabling

1Gigabit 802.3ab -10GBase (10Gigabit) 802.3an Eth…

The 1000Base Ethernet standard, also referred to as Gigabit Ethernet (GbE or 1GigE) is defined by the IEEE 802.3-2008 standard and provides 10 times faster transfer speeds of 100Base Ethernet. Gigabi…