First a little back story. First, I work for a budget-stripped public library. Second, I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to Cisco IOS, but I'm a pretty good googler. Third, I'm attempting to ...

A virtual LAN is a logical division of a network that enables devices to communicate as if they are connected to a single switch. These divisions are critical to network security, performance and ...

A virtual LAN is a logical division of a network that enables devices to communicate as if they are connected to a single switch. These divisions are critical to network security, performance and ...

In Cisco LAN switch environments, the native VLAN is typically untagged on 802.1Q trunk ports. This can lead to a security vulnerability in your network environment. It is a best practice to ...

Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

The VXLAN technology introduced by Cisco and VMware this week is intended to scale VLANs to accommodate the exploding number of virtual machines in the virtualized data center. In addition to Cisco ...

Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?