Network Management Strategies for the CIO
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Application performance management: Network health key
Increases in network complexity can cause network health to suffer, but network-based application performance management offers admins better visibility to improve performance.
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Will 10GBASE-T switches eliminate copper cabling?
Is the rise of 10GBASE-T switches the end of using a copper cabling system in the network? Data Infrastructure expert, Carrie Higbie provides an answer.
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Network convergence benefits: Cost and communication
Expert Carrie Higbie explains the various network convergence benefits including communication between systems and less network equipment needed to run across the network.
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Cisco switch configuration for a Cisco 3560 switch
Get configuration guidelines for a Cisco 3560 switch in this expert response.
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How to compare Cisco vs. HP switches
There's been a lot of talk recently about Cisco vs. HP switches. Read this comparison to help you choose the best networking switch.
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A network manager job description in action
Get the inside scoop on a network manager's job description, workload, and responsibilities.
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Top-of-rack switches: End of copper structured cabling?
A push for top-of-rack switches in the data center may bring questions about the demise of copper structured cabling to surface. Expert Carrie Higbie puts these concerns to rest.
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WPS attack precautions: Avoid unauthorized WLAN access
Admins should take WPS attack precautions to avoid unauthorized WLAN access, yet understanding the WPS protocol and its own vulnerabilities is key to complete network protection.
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Wireless bandwidth monitoring: Staying within data caps
Wireless network bandwidth monitoring is important for users who must remain within data caps that are often broken by smartphone/tablets and cloud services.
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Wi-Fi and LAN: Simultaneous network connections issue
Wi-Fi and LAN connections may be difficult to run together using Windows XP and Windows 7, yet Wireless Expert, Lisa Phifer offers advice on simultaneous network connections.
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Performance routing solution to ease traffic issues
When facing issues with MPLS VPN services, such as slowness, outages and application timeouts, a performance routing solution may help improve Layer 3 VPN problems.
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Ensuring wireless PCI compliance
Ensuring wireless PCI compliance requires attention to network components, how these devices are connected, and may require some network reconfiguration.
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Ad hoc network creation: Overcoming hotspot competition
Ad hoc network creation is rising due to personal wi-fi hotspots from smartphones and computers. Addressing its impact on your WLAN is key to overcoming potential interference.
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When military radar causes fixed broadband wireless int
Military radar may cause fixed broadband wireless interference. This expert tip explains tests and ideas to check if this is the case and how to address this interference.
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Fixing CRC errors in a wireless router coverage area
Distance between devices may cause interference in your wireless router coverage area and CRC errors to pop up. This expert tip offers advice for fixing CRC errors.
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Unauthorized network access: A network security threat?
Unauthorized network access from a corporate neighbor or employee poses a serious network security threat and is considered theft of service. This tip explains why.
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Wireless connection policy: Deciding cellular vs. WiFi
Trying to decide cellular vs. Wi-Fi for mobile devices? An enterprise wireless connection policy will help steer mobile devices to the right network.
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Enterprise network testing strategies with the experts
SearchNetworking.com’s new experts, Tom Kunath and Andy Sholomon, discuss network testing strategies for the enterprise at Cisco Live 2011.
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Providing fastest Internet sharing speed for clients
Lindi Horton explains how to provide the fastest Internet sharing speed to a client when many users are trying to access the internet as well as potential issues and solutions.
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Wi-fi replacing Ethernet? An expert weighs in
Wireless expert, Lisa Phifer addresses a query regarding Wi-Fi replacing Ethernet. Lisa provides analysis, advantages and disadvantages, and future expectations of both.
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BYOD security: Which VPN is best for you, IPsec or SSL?
By 2016, 40% of the workforce will be mobile. IPsec VPNs are being widely discussed for BYOD security. But should we also be talking about SSL VPNs?
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Why should you care about SDN?
Expert Jim Damoulakis weighs in on the potential of software-defined networking, or SDN, and why you should care.
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Can you really have security, convenience and BYOD?
Employee-owned devices can seriously undermine security. But bring your own device is probably here to stay. So what should IT do?
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