I have a Dell PowerConnect 5424.<BR><BR>All I want to do is to take 4 ports and create a VLAN containing those ports so that they can be used for iSCSI (the servers/storage are a foot away).<BR><BR>I ...

Question: When is a network switch not really a switch? Answer: When you’ve configured a Virtual LAN. Then it’s a router…sort of. Don’t worry. Your networking equipment doesn’t need psychotherapy. But ...

Implementing these VLAN rules is a simple way to tidy up your smart home networking ...

I recently acquired a rack mountable switch (non-Cisco, only for the price advantage). The main reason was to consolidate the wiring in a 42U rack full of servers. The wires coming out of the rack was ...

The average home now has dozens of networked devices, from computers to smart devices and streaming boxes. Each of these comes with different considerations about how they use the network, and that's ...

To begin, we must have a more formal definition of what a LAN is. LAN stands for local area network. Hubs and switches usually are thought of as participating in a single LAN. Normally, if you connect ...

You may or may not have heard of VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network). It is something that is primarily used in large businesses around the world. If you are interested in opening a business that ...