Cisco 2960 vs. Catalyst 3560
“Hi, I’m trying to decide between the 2960 and 3560 switch for one of my production networks. What are the pros/cons of each? From Cisco’s website it says 2960 is better suited for a small branch office and the 3560…
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Secure SNMP in Cisco Switches and Routers
This article focus on the ways how we can secure SNMP access in Cisco Switches and Routers Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) uses the default UDP port 161 for general SNMP messages and UDP port 162 for SNMP trap messages. SNMP is a service used to perform network…
How to Configure DHCP Snooping in a Cisco Catalyst Switch?
Here we go, with the configuration of DHCP snooping on a Cisco Switch. This feature protects the network by allowing the Cisco Switches to accept DHCP response message only from the authorized servers connected to the trusted interfaces in a…
Configure Private VLANs on Cisco 3560 Switches
The private-VLAN feature addresses two problems that service providers face when using VLANs: 1. Scalability: The switch supports up to 1005 active VLANs. If a service provider assigns one VLAN per customer, this limits the numbers of customers that the…
Discussion: Router vs. Layer 3 Switches
When a router receives a packet, it looks at the Layer 3 source and destination addresses to determine the path the packet should take. A standard switch relies on the MAC addresses to determine the source and destination of a…
