Multicast switching isn’t the flashiest subject to talk about in a world rippling with high-speed technology developments, but it’s an important one that AV professionals would be remiss to overlook ...

I'm fairly new to complex networking, so i thought i would ask for help. I currently have a Bell Canada router, that is connected to some simple 8 port hubs and plume pods. I would like to setup a new ...

Question: When is a network switch not really a switch? Answer: When you’ve configured a Virtual LAN. Then it’s a router…sort of. Don’t worry. Your networking equipment doesn’t need psychotherapy. But ...

It's easy to see why virtual LANs have become popular on networks of all sizes. Imagine having multiple separate physical networks within a single organization – without the headache of managing ...

In the IP based Ethernet networks, data and voice services are often transmitted simultaneously over the network. Voice traffic, in particular, requires a higher forwarding priority than data traffic.

I can easily enough get into the switch and setup a VLAN with several ports, and I think I'm doing everything correctly in pfSense to get that VLAN up and running, but nothing is working. Is there a ...

The IEEE’s 802.1Q standard was developed to address the problem of how to break large networks into smaller parts so broadcast and multicast traffic wouldn’t grab more bandwidth than necessary. The ...

Rate your favorite Cisco Press books. Chapter 3, “Switch Operation,” presents a functional overview of how multilayer switching (MLS) is performed at Layers 3 and 4. The actual MLS process can take ...