Routing is the process of taking a packet from one network device and sending it through the network to another device on a different network. Communications across the Internet is one of the best examples of routing. The connection of WANs and LANs to a network router and configuring it with logical network addresses (IP addresses) to all… Read More »
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 »
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: 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 »
What Is QoS? Quality of Service (QoS) in networking refers to the management of network resources to ensure the best performance of specific types of data transmission. The primary goal of QoS is to provide priority, including dedicated bandwidth, controlled jitter and congestion, and improved loss situations. It’s used to guarantee a certain level of a network service’s… Read More »
