switching

Globe Ed Network Fundamentals

https://www.globed.net/courses/back-to-networking-basics In this Networking Basics Workshop we will be learning the following: REFERENCE MODELSETHERNET STANDARDS AND SPECSTRANSMISSION METHODSTOPOLOGIES NETWORKING DEVICESIPV4 ADDRESSINGHEX CONVERSIONCISCO ROUTER AND SWITCH BASICCISCO ROUTER AND SWITCH CONFIGURATIONLAYER 2 SWITCHING  LAYER 3 ROUTINGLAYER 3 ROUTING USING L3 SWITCHING RECORDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP WILL BE SENT TO ALL THAT REGISTER – Even to those that could not attend

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Opinions on Versitron SG162147M switch?

Has anyone used one of these switches?https://www.versitron.com/product/all-fiber-switches/SG162147M-16port-101001000-fiber-optic-switch-sfp-technology-1g10g-management-features Their sales staff has been very helpful. I have not come across a switch manufacturer that has had no software updates to their product. I asked about firmware and software updates and they do not have any. The switch itself looks very intriguing for the WISP market. It’s a small form-factor SFP and SFP+ switch. It appears ports 1-14 are 2 1 gig, and 15-16 are SFP+. Feedback from anyone who has deployed one. I asked...

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Preseem and Switches in switch centric design

Anyone who follows me knows I am a big fan of switch centric designs. This usually involves a router on a stick paired with a high port count switch. Recently I had a client that installed a Preseem appliance in their network. Equipment used in this setup-Dell R710 with a 4 Port SFP+ card running Preseem-Cisco 3064-X 48 Port switch-Maxxwave Vengeance router with dual QSF+ card and 4 Port SFP+ card A visio diagram of how this looks We have two transport links...

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Medium WISP Core Network Design

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VXLAN terminology and what it means

What are some of the various terminology used in VXLAN? VNI/VNID: Virtual Network Identifier or VXLAN Network Identifier Layer2 VNI carried in VXLAN bridged packets. VNI is configured per VLAN. Layer3 VNI carried in VXLAN routed packets across VTEPs. One L3 VNI per tenant (VRF) Note: Tenant, VRF, L3VNI are sometimes used interchangeably VTEP: VXLAN Tunnel End Point Performs VXLAN encapsulation/decapsulation NVE: Network Virtualization Edge Logical representation of the VTEP VXLAN Gateway Device that forwards traffic between VXLANs It could be both Layer 2...

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