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VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) is Cisco’s proprietary protocal for propagating VLAN information that exists on one switch to another switch. The advantage of VTP is that it eliminates the need to create VLANs on each individual switch within a site. Instead you only need to create your VLANs on the switch you designate as the…
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On more than one occasion I have needed to access the console port of a switch, but I wasn’t physically there but I did have a router near the unit. You can easily setup your router to act as a Terminal server, allowing you to use a flat rolled cable between the Router’s AUX port…
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
I have a couple of routers as part of my home lab that I am using for my Cisco certification studies. One thing that I wanted to do was connect two routers together via their T1 WICs. There are two things you need to do: create a T1 crossover to connect the routers set the…
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
Have you ever needed to quickly find out which switch port a network device is plugged into and you only know the IP address of the device? You could always trace the cables in your data closet and drive yourself crazy or you could use a few simple commands on your switch and quickly find…
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I know there are a ton of Cisco networking websites out there, so I figured why not start another. The real reason for this site is so I can have a place to store my thoughts, notes and bookmarks as I start my journey toward Cisco certification.