The Best Of Doo-Wop
The 1950s and 1960s were two fun decades. Cars were stylish, the Space Race was on, and the music was...
Month: June 2013
Trunking and VLANs
Routers are typically used to break up large networks into manageable subnets, also called broadcast domains, which is useful if...
Disney’s Greatest Hits
Do you remember the first time you heard "I Can Show You The World" from Aladdin? How about Beauty and...
Access Control List
Access control lists (ACLs) are used to filter packets traveling over the network according to rules set at the router...
Network Security
Network security is so important to many companies, organizations and government entities that some networking specialists make a living as...
Routing Packets
Routing Information Protocol version 2 (RIPv2) is considered an older, but still useful in some cases, protocol for dynamically exploring...
Router Architecture
Router architecture refers to the components of the router that are used for the booting process. You can back up...
Network Address Translation (NAT)
Network Address Translation (NAT) provides a way to “swap” IP addresses on an internal network with addresses that external networks...
How To Make Back-To-School Shopping Fun
Image credit: Discovery Education You've got the list of items your children will need for the upcoming school year. Now...
Confessions of a Professional Content Writer
Do you operate a blog or need to spruce up the content of your sales page? If so, you may...
IP Addressing
The IP Addresses Classes. Image credit Hill Associates Each device on a network must have a unique IP address in...
Binary and Hexidecimal Number Systems
Computers are very stupid electronic boxes and more than one computer specialist has noted that much of our world now...
Securing Your Switches
Switches like this Cisco SG200-26 are suitable for small businesses and modest networking needs. Some of the savvier hackers and...
Common Issues with Switches
Switches like this Cisco SG200-26 are suitable for small businesses and modest networking needs. In a perfect world, all of...
Basic Switch Configuration
Switches are a convenient way to manage packets moving through a network. Without switches and their “big brothers,” network routers,...
CSMA/CD and TCP/IP
CSMA/CD In the old days when half-duplex cabling was the only viable option for computer networks, transmissions over the OSI...
WAN Cabling
Serial cables are most commonly used for Wide Area Network (WAN) connections and are available in a wide variety of...
LAN Cabling
How much network cabling do you actually see when you walk through an office building? Usually not much, but if...
