A network device that forwards traffic based on layer 3 information at very high speeds. Traditionally, routers, which inspect layer 3, were considerably slower than layer 2 switches. In order to ...

Foundry Networks announced last week the availability of full Layer 3 support for its FastIron Edge X-series family of stackable, small-form-factor 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches. Foundry indicated that ...

Subnets, as described in the last “Transition to Digital” tutorial, divide up a network into several subnetworks, thus separating different functions of the network and making networks faster and more ...

When it comes to CCNP prep, what do you really need in your lab? I’m not talking about what would be nice to have, or handy, or useful once in a while. But what’s enough to practice everything, or at ...

Fragment-free switching is also known as runtless switching and is a hybrid of cut-through and store-and-forward switching. Fragment-free switching was developed to solve the late-collision problem. A ...

The What: Control4 is now shipping the Pakedge S3L-24P Layer 3 Lite Switch and the updated S3-24P Layer 3 Switch, both with Avnu certification and support for quick setup for Dante and Q-LAN ...

Cisco ( CSCO) has maintained its dominant market share in layer 2-3 switching (bottom layer) market which is mainly comprised of ethernet switches. However, the company seems to be losing ground when ...

I want to have isa server 2004 setup as a backed firewall. I have a dell layer 3 switch which I've configured vlans on for example. I have 192.168.1.0, 192.168.3.0, and 192.168.4.0. How do I go about ...

I'm dealing with layer 3 switching for the first time, as part of moving into a new office. A larger organization has given us some space in their building and is giving us access to their corporate ...