Network Engineers are always looking for new ways to gain some low-cost network testing capabilities. Few companies sufficiently fund networking labs for their networking teams to learn on prior to ...

Routing protocols have far-reaching effects on the performance and reliability of your network, but sorting out the differences between them can be a challenge. Choose the best one for your network by ...

The last blog introduced the four trunk types used in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) to route calls over an IP network. The four types are as follows: The H.225 trunk is a replacement for ...

Joel is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, networking and messaging. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @joelsnyder. Building enterprise networks with routers and switches ...

When it comes to routing protocols and routes, administrative distance and metrics are two important factors. What exactly do these numbers mean? David Davis introduces you to these two factors and ...

As AI tools mature, the barrier to entry for mastering networking concepts like OSPF, VLANs, and routing protocols has collapsed. With the latest GPT-4o updates and emerging AI-driven Packet Tracer ...

Everyone in the networking industry seems to fall into one of two camps: those that have used server-based routing software and those that have no idea such a thing exists. Now a solution called Free ...

Don't be fooled into thinking that static routing is always the best tool for the job, however. The greatest negative to using static routes is that they don't scale as your network grows. This is ...