When you use your computer on your home or office network, there's a lot happening in the background. To connect to another device on your network and use the internet, you're using two pieces of ...

It’s time to wrap up (hoorah!) this spring’s foray into the question of what to put in your CCNA lab. I hope that you’ve found the series useful. Today, I’ll touch on a few final points with switches, ...

After working through a longish discussion about Cisco routers for your CCNA lab, it will be nice to discuss switches. Thankfully, the choice of switches is a lot easier to figure out than the choice ...

Upgrading to a managed switch for my home unlocked increased control, VLAN support, link aggregation, and other advanced features.

Discover how to build a low-power, high-performance home lab that’s energy-efficient, cost-effective, and secure without ...

The lab offers capability to build and configure local area networks, both wired and wireless. This lab is divided into four clusters and each cluster has two sub-clusters with three adjacent PCs. A ...

As an avid home lab enthusiast, I’ve gone through trial and error to figure out how to keep the bad guys out while maintaining remote access to some, if not all, of ...