What is your LAN uplink strategy? Uplinks are an important component of LAN design since they provide the upstream pathway to other devices within the network, and are the method by which traffic is transported out of the network. In this example, I’d like to look at a 2960 access-layer switch and work through an…
This could be considered somewhat of a niche topic but voice vlan/switchports are covered in the CCNA exam, and perhaps more importantly you will deal with this configuration in most Cisco friendly production environments. Relevant CCNA Topics Covered: Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (100-105) Section 2.4 Most Cisco IP phones have an embedded 3-port…
What is a trunk port, and how do they help your network? Relevant CCNA Topics Covered: Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (100-105) Section 2.0 A trunk port is a port that has the ability to switch frames on multiple vlans. Switchports assigned to only one vlan are called access ports, and can be statically assigned…
This post will cover some basics of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet specification and its application in Cisco gear. My expectation is that you have read or will read the Cisco Press study guides to gain a deeper understanding of some of the underlying technologies that I will reference in this document. Relevant CCNA…
