Hi, I have a 2912XL-EN switch. I am trying to get a router that supports fast ethernet to do inter vlan routing and I was wondering if the 1720-21 would be a good low-cost solution. Also, does the 1720-21 support ISL encapsulation or only 802.1q. Wou...

Hi, I am trying to get a low cost solution to do isl etc. I used cisco product advisor and figured I could do with a 2600 or a 1700. I am trying to figure out if the 2600 comes with fixed ethernet slots which I know they do but are they Fast Ethernet...

Hypothetical Question: If you have only one area in your network does it have to be area 0 or can it be any other area like say area 1 or 2 etc. As far as design considersations are concerned it would be best to have area 0 for future expansions but ...

Hi, my question was on basic lan communication and how a workstation talks to a workstation on its local subnet and if the host it wants to talk to is not local what would it do. Can someone give a detailed explanation on this?Than my next question w...

Hi, my question was on basic lan communication and how a workstation talks to a workstation on its local subnet and if the host it wants to talk to is not local what would it do. Can someone give a detailed explanation on this?Than my next question w...