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Trunking Administrative Modes

Feb 11, 2012 · 3 min read · CCNA Cisco cisco Cisco Systems dynamic auto General ICND1 ICND2 IEEE 802.1Q networking Software Trunking Virtual LAN ·

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cisco-switch-blade When looking at the CCNA it is good idea to get a hold of trunking between switches along with that there are a couple of administrative modes that each physical interface on Cisco switch can be when you are trunking between them. Remember that when we are trunking it usually carries all VLANs (This …

Configure Router on a Stick

Jan 31, 2012 · 8 min read · Cisco Cisco Inter-Switch Link ICND1 ICND2 IEEE 802.1Q IP address networking router Subnetwork Tutorial Virtual LAN ·

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A while ago I talked about putting different VLANs on a switch, remember a VLAN is virtual network that although physically it may look like on the same network that does not always mean the case. By having VLANs you are segmenting the network and the only way to get to the other side is having a router. I have already …

The Three Tiers

Jan 21, 2012 · 3 min read · CCENT CCNA Cisco cisco Cisco Systems collapsed core Data Communications distribution layer General hierarchical network ICND1 ICND2 Network Network Layer networking Security security technology Virtual LAN ·

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network_switch Working towards the CCNA Cisco talks about a hierarchical network there are three layers to this design. Access Layer, distribution layer and the core layer. Each of them have their own set of functions and is also considered to be a best practice when the network continues to grow and for redundancy …

OSPF...What a Protocol!

Nov 2, 2011 · 4 min read · CCNA Cisco cisco General ICND2 Internet Engineering Task Force IS-IS Link-state advertisement Link-state routing protocol networking Open Shortest Path First OSPF router Tutorials ·

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For today let's discuss a routing protocol that was being thought of in 1987 by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). OSPF currently has three versions and the first version was in the 1980s when the internet was still being used for research. What is interesting about the first version of OSPF is although one …

Store-and-Forward vs. Cut-Through Switching

Oct 5, 2011 · 3 min read · CCNA Cisco Cisco Discovery Protocol Cut-through switching Fragment free General ICND2 MAC address Network switch networking Spanning Tree Protocol Store and forward Switch ·

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Network-Cable-Color Switching in the network can happen in two ways, these layer-two devices send frames but they can forward them in different ways. These different modes have positive and negative effects which depend on the type of network environment that runs through them! Store-and-forward is just like the name …