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Switchport ACLs Explained with Example.

How to Configure Switch Port The Switchport ACL (PACL) feature provides the ability to perform access control on specific Layer 2 ports. ACLs can also be used to control traffic on VLANs. Switch port ACLs can only be applied to Layer 2 interfaces in the inbound direction, and this controls traffic via IP access Lists. Switch port ACL application… Read More »

Point-to-Point -PPP – Explained with Examples.

What is PPP? A point-to-point connection is a data link layer (Layer 2) communication protocol used to establish a direct connection. PPP connections are used to connect LANs to service provider WANs or LAN segments within an organization network. A LAN-to-WAN point-to-point connection is also referred to as a serial connection or leased-line connection because the lines are leased from a… Read More »

QoS: Bandwidth, Delay, Jitter, and Loss Explained.

Some obstacles can cause a breach or delay even loss of communication over the network. As the internet grows beyond prediction, the modern network’s support for traffic is getting beyond the traditional data types and becomes increasingly difficult to maintain. Communication over the network involves email, file sharing, or web traffic and increasingly, data networks share a common… Read More »

QOS: Congestion Management Tools Explained.

QOS: Understanding QoS MARKING The term marking refers to a type of QoS tool that classifies packets based on their header contents and then marks the message by changing some bits in specific header fields. This means that the QoS tool changes one or more header fields, setting a value in the header. How QOS marking works… Traditionally,… Read More »