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Empower Your Business with the TOP 10 Cisco Items

Posted on March 21, 2019 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Router-switch.com is having a big promotion on top-rated Cisco products including routing, switching, collaboration and security. Routing The 4000 Series offers solutions for highly secure SD-WAN connectivity, application experience, unified communications, network automation, virtualization, and branch and direct Internet access…

Routing, Switching, and Wi-Fi in Cisco ISR 1000 Series

Posted on April 26, 2018 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Just like other fixed ISRs, the new ISR 1000 Series comes in a variety of flavors with interface options to meet just about any need. The Cisco ISR 1000/1100 routers come in two models: an 8-LAN-port option and a 4-LAN-port…

UPDATED: Cisco ONE Software Suites 2017

Posted on December 27, 2017 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco ONE Software suites provide a cost-effective and flexible way for you to acquire software for your data center, WAN, switching, and wireless needs. The suites deliver the capabilities needed to address essential customer use cases: Connect branch and campus…

Cisco DNA for Mobility, for Switching, and for Routing

Posted on August 11, 2017 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In the last article, we shared a lot of details of Cisco DNA solutions and products. One of them is the Digital-Ready Infrastructure. Wireless An exclusive function that the Cisco Aironet Access Points offer is Flexible Radio Assignment. This feature…

The Huawei 3rd Generation AR, Leads in the Multi-service Era

Posted on July 24, 2017 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Huawei’s next-generation AR G3 routers are designed with the unique requirements of the Enterprise in mind. Based on Huawei’s proprietary Versatile Routing Platform (VRP), the AR G3 series integrates routing, switching, 3G, WLAN, voice, and security functions in one device,…

Wireless/Mobility, Switching & Routing…The Year of Network Innovations

Posted on January 4, 2017 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

CRN.com listed the top 10 significant and impactful Cisco stories of 2016. And the Cisco DNA was included. What the 10 Biggest Cisco Events of 2016 Besides DNA, Cisco has released a number of truly revolutionary products in 2016–all of…

The Common Troubleshooting Tips for 3750X Stack Power Feature

Posted on September 23, 2016 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

One of the biggest benefits of Cisco StackPower technology is produces savings by reducing the number of power supplies required per switch and the number of outlets required in the wiring closet. We know that the catalyst 3750X has two…

Cisco Launched New Data Center Switches-the Nexus 9300, Nexus 9200 and More

Posted on March 4, 2016 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

At the beginning of March 2016, Cisco made a couple of significant networking announcements in the data center. One of these announcements is introducing the new data center switches: the Nexus 9300 Switches & Nexus 9200 Switches. The data center…

The New Catalyst 6840-X Series Switch, Let You Get More for Less

Posted on September 2, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

A new Cisco catalyst series switch of the Catalyst 6800 family has been announced recently by Cisco. It is the Cisco Catalyst 6840-X backbone switch to address new network backbone needs, especially in space constrained deployments. The Cisco 6840-X is…

Layer-3 Switching or Layer-2 Switching?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Have you ever faced designing a campus network or similar network of hospitals, factories and organizations? How to design a better network? What factors you need to count in? Here we found a case study provided by Ivan Pepelnjak (CCIE…

Cisco Announced CCIE R&S Version 5

Posted on December 24, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announced the much awaited update for CCIE Routing and Switching from version 4 to version 5. It’s a good move as CCIE R & S version 5 is there since pretty long time. The official launch for the version…

Cisco Launches Internet of Things Division, Eyes Standardization

Posted on October 31, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco News: by Larry Dignan from zdnet.com. Cisco says it has a big role in the Internet of things to promote standards, networking interconnects and industry use cases. On Tuesday the networking giant Cisco launched an Internet of things division…

How to Configure PBR (Policy-Based Routing)?

Posted on October 30, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Policy-Based Routing (PBR) is a very popular feature in Cisco routers; it allows the creation of policies that can selectively alter the path that packets take within the network. PBR provides a method to forward packets by overriding the information available…

The RIGHT Cisco Data Center Switches for the Cloud

Posted on July 29, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco networking giant separated its data center and campus switch product lines five years ago, but even with the distinction between the Nexus data center and Catalyst campus switch series, cloud providers still have many options to choose from in…

Why Should We Care About 10 Gigabit Ethernet Pluggable Optics?

Posted on December 21, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

All you need to know about XENPAK, X2, and XFP transceivers on Cisco routing and switching products. Why Should I Care About 10 Gigabit Etherenet Pluggable Optics? To deploy 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) applications across Cisco switching and routing platforms,…

FAQ: What Network Users Care about IPv6?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

This article contains Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Internet Protocol Version 6(IPv6). Q. How to limit clients getting an IPv6 address without using a DHCP server ? A. Use the command“ipv6nd prefix <prefix> no-advertise”.This will set a bit in theIPv6 NA…

The Celebration of Router-switch.com’s 10th Anniversary Ended

Posted on November 2, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

At the end of October, 2012, with the Halloween coming, Router-switch.com’s activities for its 10th anniversary ended. The celebration lasted for two months. It’s great. Thanks for all the participants, old and new customers. With your patience, support and enthusiasm,…

How to Configure DHCP Snooping in a Cisco Catalyst Switch?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

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…

Cisco: Cloud Connected Solution Unveiled for Cisco ISR and ASR Routers

Posted on June 13, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco puts a virtual router in the clouds, and a virtual server in a router, among other unnatural acts. As we like it, Cisco this week rolled out the Cloud Connected Solution, software for its ISR and ASR routers that’s designed to enable…

Cisco Launches New Industrial Switches-Cisco IE 2000 Series

Posted on April 27, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco unveiled the Industrial Ethernet (IE) 2000 switch series, a cornerstone product for the company’s Connected Industries business unit and industrial network offerings. The IE 2000 series is an extension of Cisco’s current industrial Ethernet product lines, the Catalyst 2955 and the IE 3000…

Analysis: How to Choose the Right Cisco Switches for Your LAN?

Posted on March 26, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Large and mid-size organizations or enterprises are entering another cycle of Local Area Network upgrades due to two recent technology changes. One is that 10Gb Ethernet are now standard connections on servers. The other is the widespread adoption of wireless…

Switch Types and LAN Switching

Posted on March 19, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

A switch is a telecommunication device which receives a message from any device connected to it and then transmits the message only to that device for which the message was meant. It plays an integral part in most modern Ethernet…