When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Spanning tree protocol is an essential function of Ethernet networks, and it provides several ...

Is the Spanning Tree Protocol a thing that is always operating in managed and unmanaged switches? (Even your basic SOHO Linksys or Netgear switch.) ...

As computer networks get bigger, it becomes increasingly hard to keep track of the flow of data over this network. How do you route data, making sure that the data is spread to all parts of the ...

The big question we’ve been looking at for the last few weeks is the value of a 2 switch lab topology for prepping Spanning Tree topics for both CCNA and CCNP. I’ll conclude the discussion this week, ...

If you are considering a network design that has a ring topology and you desire to use Ethernet, then you should first be aware of the issues of using Ethernet with a ring architecture. Ethernet is ...