By Reza Ikhlasul Saturday, December 31, 2016 CCNA Layer2 Protocols STP Lesson 23 - Introduction to Rapid STP (802.1w) Good news is that if you have learned 802.1d protocol (STP standard), only few things change in terms of the terminology and operation in t...
By Reza Ikhlasul Tuesday, December 27, 2016 CCNA Layer2 Protocols STP Lesson 22 - Spanning-Tree Cisco Enhancements My previous two posts hopefully shed some light on IEEE 802.1d protocol (yes, it is STP). There are two more things I would like to add to t...
By Reza Ikhlasul Thursday, December 22, 2016 CCNA Layer2 Protocols STP Lesson 21 - Spanning-Tree Protocol in Practice Previous post was designed to present in a nutshell the STP operation. However, without some practice it's just academic knowledge. I th...
By Reza Ikhlasul Tuesday, December 20, 2016 CCNA Layer2 Protocols STP Lesson 20 - Spanning-Tree Protocol Operation In my previous post I tried to stress the need for redundant connections between the switches. Multiple paths help us avoid a single point o...
By Reza Ikhlasul Saturday, December 17, 2016 CCNA Layer2 STP Lesson 19 - Spanning-Tree Protocol Overview Vlans described in the previous posts are very important elements of building modern networks. Equally important piece of technology is IEEE...
By Reza Ikhlasul Friday, December 16, 2016 CCNA Layer2 VLANs Lesson 18 - VTP and VLAN Quiz The last lesson presented the gory details behind inter-VLAN routing. Now, I would like you to play a little game with me. A simple quiz wil...