Cisco ROUTE 1.0: Routing Services for Converged Networks
The convergence of voice, video, and data has not only changed the conceptual network models but has also affected the way that networks support services and applications. Planning routing services ...
Cisco ROUTE 1.0: The OSPF Routing Protocol
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is one of the most commonly used IP routing protocols in today's networks. It is an open standard that is used by both enterprise and service provider networks. OSPF ...
Cisco SWITCH 1.0: Accommodating Voice and Video in Campus Networks
When you are migrating to a VoIP network, all network requirements, including power and capacity planning, must be examined so that voice is seamlessly integrated into the existing network. IP ...
Cisco SWITCH 1.0: Analyzing Campus Network Designs
Over the last 50 years, businesses have achieved improving levels of productivity and competitive advantages through the use of communication and computing technology. Over the past 20 years the ...
Cisco SWITCH 1.0: Configuring Layer 3 High Availability
Businesses and consumers that rely on intranet and Internet services for their mission-critical communications require and expect their networks and applications to be continuously available to them. ...
Cisco SWITCH 1.0: Highly Available Networks
A network with high availability provides an alternate means of allowing constant access to all infrastructure paths and key servers. High availability is not only about adding redundant devices. It ...
Cisco SWITCH 1.0: Implementing Spanning-Tree
Multiple active paths between switches can cause loops in the network topology. This can cause duplication of frames being forwarded. To prevent loops while providing path redundancy, you can use ...
Cisco SWITCH 1.0: Implementing VLANs in Campus Networks
When a network architect hands off a design to you, you must be able to create an implementation plan based on your knowledge of VLANs. As a Cisco administrator, it is important that you understand ...
Cisco SWITCH 1.0: Integrating Wireless LANs into a Campus Network
Wireless LAN (WLAN) is an access technology that has an increasing significance for network access in offices, factories, hotels, and airports, and at home. WLANs are often compared to standard LANs ...
Cisco SWITCH 1.0: Inter-VLAN Routing
When a network architect hands off a design to you, switches at the distribution layer, or in a collapsed core, will almost certainly have multiple VLANs connected to them. A switch with multiple ...