Switching

Do switches use purely the processor or caching etc ?

Hi allI need help setting up my new project if poss, I have a remote office that has 3 floors, I was going to vlan each floor off using a router that does vlan routing ? I have 3550 series switches on site, is it worth me utilising one of these ins...

when i open ports up on a firewall, if I have some software that talks to something on say port 445, do I need to open the port inbound or in and out ?

Hi,I am situated at XYZ location and want to access application on server at another location ABC. The application would be a UDP based application and I am not sure that all the hops have that UDP port open or not. Since it’s a UPD not TCP so I cann...

WE have 3 network(office lan,internet,private network(seprate from office lan)) & 3 user catagory. as 1.user with internet+office lan2.user with private network+office lan3users with internet+office lan+private netowrk.now how i designe such complex ...

If I have a building running eigrp and another running ospf, do I just redistribute on into the other, or do I have to redistribute both into eqch other ?thanksCarl

Sorry for the Noob question. Running the Catalyst 2950 with a pix 501 firewall. All systems are a go and have been functioning fine for over a year. All of a sudden the Broadband internet running through the system is no longer functioning. The ...

If I have a core switch in between all of my other switches, and then each switch is uplink to each other for redundancy, will spanning tree block the ports in between each switch and how will it know how to do this as all links are gigabit ?thanks

Hi all, I had a massive problem today with 6 of my switches, They basically were all flashing off and on like mad. all in sync. The problem was intermittant so its still left as is. wE Checked for virus etc but there were none, Is there anything on ...

Is it possible for me to apply access lists on a layer 3 vlan interface on my switch ?cheers

Is there any software thats good for monitoring problems with switches ? and where the prob is coming from etc ?

Is there a limit to how many switches you should uplink in a line ? also what should i use a a core switch baring in mind that all my switches are 100 meg.thanks

Is this where we would subnet a say /26 down even further, can anyone give me an easy way of working these out ? I had an instructor who drew a table ?

When offering to an electrician the power requirements are the Amps and Watts simply added together? For example the 3750s require up to 1.2A & 120W. If I need to stack 6 in one closet should I request 7.4A & 720W for a electrical requirements for ...

can anyone tell me how I would get my switches/routers etc to ask for a username, do I just type new aaa model, then aaa username xxxxx password xxxx ?