As your home network expands, so do the burdens of administering the list of network appliances. Maybe you've expanded the number of wired devices in your network, and added additional managed network ...

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Once your home network grows a little more complex, you soon realize that grouping devices into virtual local area networks (VLANs) makes a lot of sense, both from a security and administrative ...

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 ...

I manage a small office network (around 10 computers) for a client of mine, and they decided to get a new phone system without realizing it was an IP system. It is a Cisco IP phone system. Previously ...

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.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Probably the most common network interconnection device in industry networks are layer 2 switches ...

I'm just entering the world of VLAN's, so please excuse my ineptitude. I'm setting up a new office for a small recording studio/coworking space. Since there will be a lot of foot traffic, I'd like to ...