I manage four Novell servers – two NW6.5sp2 and two NW5.0sp6a. These servers provide services to 5 buildings. These 5 buildings are part of a much larger campus encompassing approximately 40 buildings ...

Just after some advice with implementing a captive portal (With billing support if possible) for a client of mine in the UK. We're setting up their network with 3 VLANs, There's only one internet ...

Setting up virtual local area networks or VLANs in your home network or home lab makes management of your network easier. You can use one as a guest network to share your internet connection with ...

OK this is probably bread and butter for most of you but it's not something I'm familiar with so.... I have a PAN and right now I have a pair of uplinks going into it from our switch. Each uplink is a ...

Set up a virtual LAN (VLAN), they said. It would be fun, they said. Actually, configuring VLANs is incredibly fun and worthwhile as it can segment your network and secure various devices. Think about ...

Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?

I’ve seen private virtual LANs (PVLANs) described as a way to isolate DMZ servers from each other by restricting traffic between switch ports. Cisco’s PVLANs allow ports to be promiscuous, isolated or ...