Adding more bandwidth is not always the option to solve network bottlenecks. There are other factors you need to consider like latency, jitter, packet loss, congestion, buffer overflow, etc that...
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DNS stands for Domain Name System. A Simple function of the DNS server is to convert a Domain name into IP address & IP address into a Domain name. DDNS...
In this article, let us see what is Public IP address, difference between static public IP address and dynamically assigned public IP address, the difference between public IP address and...
The first thing that network administrators learn is the concept of IP address and creating IP Subnets (short form for sub-networks). But why are Subnets required at all? Especially, when...
IP Networks are exciting because convergence (over IP) is happening not just for voice, video and data. Even the IBMS (Intelligent Building Management Systems) are slowly converging over the IP...
Do you need Layer-3 Switches in your network? Possibilities are that you might already be having some of them. They are mostly found on the network core (or) distribution level....
Summary: There are number of ways to connect various network switches in a LAN. Stacking a group of network switches to form a single stack unit that can be managed...
Link Aggregation Architecture Diagram: Extending your network using Link Aggregation: Link Aggregation and its advantages: Link Aggregation is a very useful method to combine multiple links to form a single...
A Converged IP Network today refers to the Unified Computer Network (LAN, based on IP) that uses multiple media (Wired, Wireless) to carry a variety of traffic types – Data,...
Gist: Gigabit connections, which were earlier used for interconnecting network switches (hence forming the backbone connectivity) have become common to connect the desktop. Is 10 GE (10 Gigabit Ethernet) then...
This article gives an overview of why manageable switches are required, what features set them apart from unmanaged switches, and why you might want to invest a little more to...
If you have a huge premises that has multiple blocks (like a factory or a college), then you would be wanting to extend the IP Network (LAN) to the various...
Did you know that a video conferencing application needs a latency less than 300 ms to give a good quality video images in your IP Network? There are other real...
This article gives an introduction to NAT – Network Address Translation, explains why NAT is required, gives an introduction to NAT Traversal (required for certain streams like SIP/H.323) and lists...