Network Latency is critical for almost all kinds of networks and applications running on them. One of the key challenges is is finding the source of latency issues in an active network. A team of … Read more
Currently, Ethernet standard offers an upper-limit to maximum no. of ports that can be connected on a Ethernet LAN.This limit not particular to a vendor but rather to do with standard and current electronics. A … Read more
4byte ASN (autonomous system numbers) was incorporated into most BGP routers recently. Since we are running out of ASN no. given to service providers, authority have stopped using previous Internet 2byte BGP ASN routing Updates. The newly … Read more
IPv6 took more than two decades to upgrade from an existing internet standard that drove traffic of Trillions of Terabytes of Data every year. After, IPv4, IPv5 was a literal Realtime protocol which was not … Read more
The long anticipated 4G from Verizon wireless is starting to gain spotlight now. As per their plans, Intial testing and deployments will start appearing by the end of the year. Though we heard that LTE … Read more
As we all know, virtualization and cloud computing is getting faster and more featureful. As time sneaks by, more clearer picture is being drawn in the cloudy world where things were bit smoky months back. … Read more
If you are a network professional or an enthusiast prepairing for CCNA/ CCNP / CCIE exams, probabaly you understand the true value of the Lab equiment. It’s not cheap to get allt eh routers just … Read more
Probably if you work in a Fairly big company, you would have heard of the the word MPLS and MPLS VPN. And if you are fair guy into networking, you often play with it. This … Read more
Today, more and more IT departments are choosing Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI) to avail the benefits. However, there are critical factors that must be taken care of else, will lead to losses in the management … Read more
It hardly seems like five years have passed since Cisco rolled out the CRS-1 core router. The system was unveiled as a multiterabit, multichassis-capable routing matrix, an alternative to Juniper’s T series systems and TX … Read more
One area I’m paying a lot of attention to these days is what I’m calling “embedded intelligent networks,” or networks that integrate seamlessly into physical reality, enabling us to monitor and ultimately manipulate the real … Read more
In my response to earlier post “Did cisco copy JUNOS“, a network engineer called “Router guy” suggested considering Arista Networks. And the information I gathered from their website was good enough to prove that cisco … Read more
FibreChannel over Ethernet is considered an initial step towards a converged data center switching fabric, and it was a hot topic at this week’s Interop conference. The Ethernet Alliance hosted an FCoE and Converged Ethernet … Read more
Juniper Networks today announced the availability of the EX8216 Ethernet switch, a 16-slot platform with a switch fabric capacity of 12.4 terabits. The EX8216 joins the eight-slot EX8208 as Juniper’s modular, chassis-based LAN switch offerings. … Read more