A TechRepublic reader recently e-mailed me to ask about limiting the bandwidth on a Cisco Catalyst switch port. In fact, there are a number of uses for this configuration. Let's take a closer look. A ...

I set a port on a switch to trunking, but it won't pass data. Here's the scenario. See if you can help me out.<BR><BR>We have two switches and two VLANs. Actually, we have over a hundred switches and ...

One way to boost network security is to use Cisco's Port Security feature to lock down switch ports. Learn the basics of port security, and find out how to configure this feature. A growing challenge ...

I am going to be sending a remote office a computer that is configured for the same IP as a device already on the network. I would like to have them plug in the new computer to a port on our Cisco ...

Director SAN switch gets top ratings in management and feature columns. Cisco’s done it again. Packed with 112 ports of 2G bit/sec Fibre Channel, the latest version of Cisco’s MDS 9509 delivers a ...