A network device that forwards traffic based on layer 3 information at very high speeds. Traditionally, routers, which inspect layer 3, were considerably slower than layer 2 switches. In order to ...

When it comes to CCNP prep, what do you really need in your lab? I’m not talking about what would be nice to have, or handy, or useful once in a while. But what’s enough to practice everything, or at ...

Optimized for the growing IP DSLAM market, the Xpeedium2Pro CXE-2139 single-chip 28-port Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) layer-2/layer-3 switch/router includes forwarding and classification functions and ...

Explains the three layers critical to network design: Access, Distribution, and Core Anyone involved in networking and/or telecommunications should be somewhat familiar with the use of layers. Many ...

As important as Spanning Tree has been to the acceptance and spread of Ethernet, making it possible to link Ethernet segments without creating loops and packet storms, its inventor, Radia Perlman, ...

is there any way to set up eth connections not as 1 IP, but as switch ports, maybe the computer itself has a virtual IP of 172.16.0.1, but it has 3 computers hooked up to it, A, B, & C, & a WAN ...

D-Link has just announced its latest lineup of high-performance switches. The new DXS-3130 Series is a family of Layer 3 stackable aggregation managed switches, and they’re designed for the kind of ...

With industrial Ethernet fast becoming the network of choice to replace the myriad fieldbuses in both the discrete manufacturing and process industries, your choice of products that form your control ...

Telecom carriers now use DSL to implement triple-play (voice, video, and data) services. SwitchCore AB's Xpeedium2Pro switch-on-a-chip IC family should help OEMs develop cost-effective equipment that ...

I'm dealing with layer 3 switching for the first time, as part of moving into a new office. A larger organization has given us some space in their building and is giving us access to their corporate ...