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  • CCNA Command Quick Reference, Chapter 3: Configuring a router

    Chapter 3 of CCNA Command Quick Reference by Scott Empson provides information and commands for configuring a router, specifically it covers names, passwords, interfaces, MOTD banners, IP host tables, saving and erasing your configurations and then d... 

  • "LAN Switching First-Step," Chapter 6: How a switch works

    Chapter 6 of "LAN Switching First-Step," by Matthew Castelli, explains how to differentiate among unicast, multicast, and broadcast transmission methods; store-and-forward, cut-through, and fragment-free switching mechanisms; and then describes Layer... 

  • Resilient network services essential for real-time success

    Reconfiguring switches for resilient services will not only help the network work better now, but will prepare a business for the fast-approaching future of communications. 

  • Top five routing & switching tips of '05

    Our router tips offer you specific technical advice related to configuring and implementing routers, switches and associated equipment. Here we present you with the top five routing and switching tips from 2005. 

  • Branch office growth demands new devices

    As enterprises become geographically diverse, branch locations need devices that support business processes, protect data, and are as functional and reliable as corporate networks. 

  • Using route analytics to ensure that 'best practices' for routing maintenance really work

    IP routing is one of network management's most complex domains. And no wonder: not only are routing protocols highly automated and distributed in nature, but routing errors can have a large-scale, sometimes calamitous, impact on quality and availab... 

  • Advanced router configuration and management: Crash Course

    Once you've mastered the basics, it's time to learn some of the more advanced features of the router. Check out these informative tips and indepth technical advice and take your router knowledge to the next level. 

  • Network routers: Crash Course

    Network routers make an enterprise network run. This crash course gives you all the router basics you need. 

  • Router and firewall configuration

    ITKnowledge Exchange member "stephang" had a question about the balance between blocking packets and enabling NAT on his router and on his firewall. Fellow forum members chipped in with their advice; check out what they had to say. 

  • Fast reference to Cisco resources

    We created this fast guide to help you easily find what resources you need at Cisco.com.