As subject really, single main site with around 500 machines on a variety of edge switches fed back over various copper and fiber, currently all on a single flat /16.<BR><BR>I'm looking into VLAN's to ...

Once I created the VLAN, I migrated most of my smart home onto it right away. Cameras were the first to be added, as they ...

Nutter helps a reader protect the servers in his growing network. As our network grows in size, so does the need to protect the servers. We have already put in an interior firewall between the servers ...

I'm looking at the mess the previous IT team left in their wake with regards to the logical layout of the network. I've been here approaching a year and a half and it's got to the point it is driving ...

I manage four Novell servers – two NW6.5sp2 and two NW5.0sp6a. These servers provide services to 5 buildings. These 5 buildings are part of a much larger campus encompassing approximately 40 buildings ...

The IEEE’s 802.1Q standard was developed to address the problem of how to break large networks into smaller parts so broadcast and multicast traffic wouldn’t grab more bandwidth than necessary. The ...

"Software-defined networking (SDN) is having a profound impact on businesses," starts out a new report based on a survey of IT pros involved with the disruptive technology approach. One of these ...

Network vendors have fallen prey to vulnerabilities in Ethernet VLAN protocol implementations. While only Cisco and Juniper Networks are confirmed to have vulnerable products at this stage, a notice ...

The fix is simple: just use managed switches for anything that sits between your router and the rest of your gear. Unmanaged ...

Virtual Lans ease moves and changes in the workplace. Traditionally, networks have been mapped on the physical locations of their various resources. For example, you would typically find the ...