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HP CEO Hurd resigns in scandal with networking business at critical transition point
With HP Networking at a critical transition point following the 3Com acquisition, HP CEO Mark Hurd has resigned amidst a scandal. How will this affect the networking buisness? News
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Network vendor management: Delays lead some to Cisco alternatives
Ongoing Cisco supply chain problems are leading to long lead times on products and throwing many networking projects into disarray. The simplest network vendor management solution in a situation like this may be to look at Cisco alternatives for some... Article
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CCNA quiz: Test your skills from routing configuration to VLANs
In this CCNA quiz, you can test yourself on a number of skills found in the CCNA certification study guide, ranging from Cisco IOS router configuration to setting up VLANs with Cisco switches and monitoring spanning tree protocol operation. Quiz
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Replacing hodgepodge legacy network improves network policy management
With no budget from the outset, some networks become a patchwork of mismatched, outdated gear, where setting up a simple spanning tree protocol becomes impossible. This made network policy management nearly impossible for one university until it star... Article
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Interop Las Vegas 2010: Special news coverage
Keep up with what's happening at Interop Las Vegas 2010 in this conference coverage. Read about data center networks and convergence, networking for server virtualization, network virtualization, unified communications, wireless LAN and WAN performan... Special News Coverage
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How does User-based Rate Limiting (UBRL) do if I have oversubscribed a port or switch?
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frequency-shift keying (FSK)
Frequency-shift keying (FSK) is a method of transmitting digital signals. Definition
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baud
Baud was the prevalent measure for data transmission speed until replaced by a more accurate term, bps (bits per second). Definition
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bits per second (bps or bit/sec)
In data communications, bits per second (abbreviated bps or bit/sec) is a common measure of data speed for computer modems and transmission carriers. Definition
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Regional Internet Registry (RIR)
A Regional Internet Registry (RIR) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees Internet Protocol (IP) address space and the Autonomous System (AS) numbers within a specific geographical region. Each RIR is tasked with creating local policy for ma... Definition
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