Cisco and other network vendors are taking network virtualization beyond VLANs, into the data center, and strategizing about what the network becomes in a virtualized enterprise. Amid the excitement ...

Trying to put a cisco ASA behind a firewall to provide an extra layer of security on an internal network. Idea is to segregate my network into different VLANs and apply ACLs to each VLAN, so VLAN1 can ...

Another thing to consider: In my configuration I have enabled VLAN encapsulated trunking on the fiber ports between switches. This is the best way I have found to deal with a multi-switch, multi-VLAN ...

The more you delve into VLANs on your home network, the more you realize that they're not the most secure things in the world. Depending on your managed switch, those VLANs might be able to talk to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Probably the most common network interconnection device in industry networks are layer 2 switches ...

Virtual LANs (VLANs) allow the segmentation of a physical network into multiple logical networks. VLAN trunking is the process of transporting multiple VLANs over a single network link—typically ...

I'm looking into getting a managed switch to learn how to setup VLANs. Ultimately I want to setup separate VLANs to segregate devices in the future home. Right now I only have a handful of unmanaged ...

He broke it, but was able to get it fixed right away.

Network Attached Peripherals (NAP) Private VLANs provide a layer of additional protection for network attached peripherals including printers, electronic billboards, monitoring devices, door ...

Cisco created a lot of hullabaloo around its intent-based networking announcements in June. But now that all the fuss has settled down, what does it mean? Put simply, Cisco’s intent-based networking ...