Ethernet LAN

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MSTP, LACP (and possible UDLD?)

I'm setting up a new small backbone network (and edges too, partly) and I figured I'd do it _right_ this time and creat...
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posted by peter
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by peter

Fiber LAN -- A couple questions

Hi Folks, (Not sure if this is an appropriate group for this question; sorry if it isn't.) We currently have a 100Base...
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posted by jscooper22
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by jscooper22

HD/FD autonegociation

Bonjour, Was it possible to achieve HD or FD selection by autonegociation, at the time where the both modes existed? Bes...
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posted by mhostettler
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by mhostettler

Disabling Auto-negotiation

Did anyone happen to see the recent article by blogger Joel Spolsky which in passing seems to advise disabling auto-neg...
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posted by dtiktin
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by dtiktin

new switching technologies

Hello, In a press I'm often meeting the reports about the new emerging switching technologies, may be not quite new, as...
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posted by mrv
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by mrv

connect to gigabit switches

I have 2 dell poweredge 5448 switches. What would be the best way to connect them for performance CR
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posted by Cal
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by Cal

Router knows it all?

I have broadband internet at home. The WAN port on my router has a public address, and all the hosts on my LAN have pri...
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posted by toe
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by toe

Optimize File Transfer on a 100Mbps LAN

Hi, I am using Windows XP on all my PC's. They are interconnected via 100Mbps Switch ports. These are normal Soho switc...
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posted by netkid12
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by netkid12

DHCP: Quick connection with a cross-over

Let's say we have Mary's laptop and Brian's laptop. Brian has a 6 GB movie file on his hard disk that he wants to trans...
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posted by toe
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by toe

Switch suggestions

Hello. We have here mostly HP or Allied Telesyn switches. In the HPs we like the lifetime warranty. The Allied Telesyns...
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posted by rps
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by rps

Testing output voltage

Hello - I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem where the output voltage on certain switch ports is outside of the 950 - 1...
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posted by dschaffer
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by dschaffer

Interface cycles down-up, no STP TCN apparent

Gang: Anyone know what the maximum amount of time an interface could transition from 'line protocol down' to 'line prot...
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posted by mark.d.daugherty
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by mark.d.daugherty

HP/Cisco Vlan fun

We have recently installed a new VoIP phone system, I got two Vlans configured on all the HP switches (they are the onl...
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posted by Aaronsr
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by Aaronsr

What equipment to go for?

Hi I currently have in a network a Linux box acting as router. This box as acts an interVLAN router that connects 3 VLA...
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posted by mafonso
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by mafonso