The single biggest cost for gear for a CCNP lab will be the cost of a layer 3 switch – assuming you really need one. Of the four CCNP exams, only the BCMSN exam requires a lot of LAN switch features.

I want to have isa server 2004 setup as a backed firewall. I have a dell layer 3 switch which I've configured vlans on for example. I have 192.168.1.0, 192.168.3.0, and 192.168.4.0. How do I go about ...

Sample Design and Configuration for Layer 2 Out-of-Band Deployment Sample Design and Configuration for Layer 3 Out-of-Band Deployment This chapter covers the configuration of the Out-of-Band (OOB) ...

A network device that forwards traffic based on layer 3 information at very high speeds. Traditionally, routers, which inspect layer 3, were considerably slower than layer 2 switches. In order to ...

I'm dealing with layer 3 switching for the first time, as part of moving into a new office. A larger organization has given us some space in their building and is giving us access to their corporate ...