Using a VLAN -- or Virtual Local Area Network -- to segregate the traffic on your router provides added security and performance for devices connected to your LAN. While a LAN is determined by the ...

These common VLAN missteps can undermine your network security and performance. Discover the pitfalls to avoid.

LESSON 2: HOW TO BUILD A SECURE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE VIDEO: CREATING A SECURE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE TIP: THE ROLE OF VPN TIP: WIRELESS AP PLACEMENT LESSON 2 QUIZ Virtual LANs have long been used ...

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A virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical overlay network that groups together a subset of devices that share a physical LAN, isolating the traffic for each group. A LAN is a group of computers or other ...

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 ...

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Does it make sense to create VLANs to try to improve backup speed? The reason I ask is because we have a storage cluster and backups from it run about 2500MB/min. I talked to vendor about this and ...

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It's no surprise that Linux makes a great router and firewall. A lesser-known fact is that you also can use Linux as an Ethernet bridge and VLAN switch, and that these features are similarly powerful, ...