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LAN Switching: Read it, or else.

By Mike ⋅ February 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I finished the STP chapter in the CCIE exam cert guide, and was almost disappointed. I have a hard time believing anyone could expect to be fully prepared for the written exam after reading that chapter. I would highly recommend that anyone taking the written give a strong look at the LAN Switching book from [...]

The effects of Uplinkfast

By Mike ⋅ April 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Uplinkfast. How many of you can honestly say you’ve used it? Some of you? Most of you? Ok, well I guess I am the minority! I have seen spanning-tree uplinkfast used in configs, but never took the time to really understand the effects of it. The idea is simple enough. You have an access layer [...]

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