hi,i have 2 switches; a nortel passport 8610 (all ports are on VLAN 1) and a catalyst 3550 (all ports are on VLAN 4). both swithces are connected via cross cable and each switch has a PC connected to it and the two PCs can ping each other (both have ...

hi,i have 2 switches; a nortel passport 8610 (all ports are on VLAN 1) and a catalyst 3550 (all ports are on VLAN 4). both swithces are connected via cross cable and each switch has a PC connected to it and the two PCs can ping each other (both have ...

hi, i have been reading about the sup720 for catalyst 6500 switches. i know that the backplane bandwidth can reach 720Gbps. BUT where is this bandwidth distributed (among the line cards that is)? do the cards share this bandwidth or is there a certai...

hi,i have been reading about the sup720 for catalyst 6500 switches. i know that the backplane bandwidth can reach 720Gbps. BUT where is this bandwidth distributed (among the line cards that is)? do the cards share this bandwidth or is there a certain...

hi,i have a very simple theory question; when a router using routing protocols such as RIP or what have you sends an update to its nieghbors, does the RIP packet get encapsulated in a layer 3 PDU (e.g. IP) which is then incapsulated in a layer 2 PDU ...