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Open vSwitch: an interesting virtual switch that needs to add VMware support
The Open vSwitch Project's new open source competitor to Cisco's Nexus 1000v has many fine features but is missing one critical piece of functionality: support for VMware. News | 26 Jul 2010
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Oracle enters switch market with 72-port, 1U, 10 Gigabit device
Oracle has entered the switch market with a 72-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet that occupies just 1U of rackspace. The company says the new device is part of its plans to put stacks in a rack News | 16 Jul 2010
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Cisco refreshes Catalyst line to revamp the campus LAN
Cisco has released the Catalyst 3750 and 3560 switches, which together offer new ways to optimize campus LANs. News | 22 Mar 2010
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RailCorp to turn off ATM network, seeks IP switches
ATM seems to pulling into the station for the last time at RailCorp, which wants a fleet of new switches. News | 01 Dec 2009
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What is a virtual switch?
Learn about virtual switches, best practices for their operation and configuration, plus an aside on virtual switch security. News | 16 Nov 2009
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Cisco gets smarter with second-generation integrated services routers
Richard Chirgwin analyses the changes to Cisco's Integrated Services Routers and what they mean for your LAN and the kind of applications it can handle. News | 27 Oct 2009
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Cisco upgrades integrated services routers
Cisco has added improved video capabilities and plenty of speed to its integrated services routers. News | 26 Oct 2009
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Will lifetime warranties for switches stifle innovation?
Extreme Networks has become the latest vendor to offer lifetime warranty for low-end switches. This sounds like good news, but will organisations be seduced by warranty and low TCO at the expense of innovation? News | 07 Aug 2009
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How to test application switches
Learn how to ensure that application switches (a.k.a. load balancers) perform at their peak with this tip. News | 15 Jul 2009
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TUTORIAL: Windows Server 2008 IP routing configuration
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 no longer features OSPF, leaving you to chose static routing or dynamic routing with RIPv2. Learn how to make the best choice in this illustrated tutorial. News | 08 Jul 2009
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ISDN implementation: Part 2 -- Protocols, components and router options
ISDN provides for digital transmission over ordinary telephone copper wire as well as over other media uses. In this continuation of his tip on ISDN implementation, Chris Partsenidis discusses the OSI Layers, protocols, components and router options ... Tip
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Routing with NAT traversal and UPnP
For SMBs using NAT routers, UPnP can help keep things up-to-date -- despite potential problems when IPv6 comes into play. Tip
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ISDN implementation: Part 3 -- Cisco router ISDN configuration
Learn how to configure your Cisco router to work with Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). Tip
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Secure Cisco routers against IOS flaw attack
Learn how to secure Cisco routers against the recently announced Cisco IOS flaw, which could be exploited by hackers. Find out how to determine which routers are affected and ways to protect yourself from this vulnerability, including steps to disabl... Tip
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Hardening your router: Increasing security with ACLs
Learn how to harden your router to increase network security using ACLs in this step-by-step, automated, ten-minute demo. Tip
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ISDN implementation: Part 2 -- Protocols, components and router options
ISDN provides for digital transmission over ordinary telephone copper wire as well as over other media uses. In this continuation of his tip on ISDN implementation, Chris Partsenidis discusses the OSI Layers, protocols, components and router options ... Tip
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Open vSwitch: an interesting virtual switch that needs to add VMware support
The Open vSwitch Project's new open source competitor to Cisco's Nexus 1000v has many fine features but is missing one critical piece of functionality: support for VMware. News
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Oracle enters switch market with 72-port, 1U, 10 Gigabit device
Oracle has entered the switch market with a 72-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet that occupies just 1U of rackspace. The company says the new device is part of its plans to put stacks in a rack News
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Cisco refreshes Catalyst line to revamp the campus LAN
Cisco has released the Catalyst 3750 and 3560 switches, which together offer new ways to optimize campus LANs. News
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RailCorp to turn off ATM network, seeks IP switches
ATM seems to pulling into the station for the last time at RailCorp, which wants a fleet of new switches. News
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What is a virtual switch?
Learn about virtual switches, best practices for their operation and configuration, plus an aside on virtual switch security. News
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Cisco gets smarter with second-generation integrated services routers
Richard Chirgwin analyses the changes to Cisco's Integrated Services Routers and what they mean for your LAN and the kind of applications it can handle. News
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Cisco upgrades integrated services routers
Cisco has added improved video capabilities and plenty of speed to its integrated services routers. News
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Will lifetime warranties for switches stifle innovation?
Extreme Networks has become the latest vendor to offer lifetime warranty for low-end switches. This sounds like good news, but will organisations be seduced by warranty and low TCO at the expense of innovation? News
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How to test application switches
Learn how to ensure that application switches (a.k.a. load balancers) perform at their peak with this tip. News
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