VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) is a little gem on Cisco switches that allows you configure VLANs in one place and have them appear on all of your switches. This is great for large enterprises with 8457839 switches all trunked together because who wants to configure the new VLAN for that one-off application on all 8457839 […]
I’ve had my ASA 5505 in place at home on my Comcast cable for a few weeks now, and, let me tell you, this thing rocks. I did, however, have a few problems finding a clear answer on how I could set up my VLANs. It turns out that the base license on the ASA […]
If you didn’t now already, trunks are connections between switches that carry traffic for all VLANs. It allows you to have, say, VLAN 10 and VLAN 20 on two switches appear as the same network. Unless you’re a really small shop, you’ve already dealt with trunks, so there’s no need for an introduction. Let’s say […]