In shared office space there is one small domain and five workgroups. All Windows. Workgroups are 2-4 PCs, peer to peer, XP pro and XP home. Little to no security for the workgroups, but there should ...

Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

Setting up virtual local area networks or VLANs in your home network or home lab makes management of your network easier. You can use one as a guest network to share your internet connection with ...

In Cisco LAN switch environments, the native VLAN is typically untagged on 802.1Q trunk ports. This can lead to a security vulnerability in your network environment. It is a best practice to ...

If I have a handful of "smart" switches that will handle 802.1Q vlan tagging both at the perimeter and the core of my network, will the tags survive if there is a completely dump unmanaged switch ...

To begin, we must have a more formal definition of what a LAN is. LAN stands for local area network. Hubs and switches usually are thought of as participating in a single LAN. Normally, if you connect ...

A quick comparison of EoMPLS, VPLS and A-VPLS really reflects the learning curve the network industry has experienced as the technologies are deployed. All three are PW services and use a MPLS ...