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, ...

I have a 3650 that has several VLANs configured that are used to feed a couple 5510's an EOC drop and then the 5510's output several networks back into the same 3560. One of the outputs of the 5510 is ...

Virtual LAN (VLAN) technology, which is defined under the IEEE 802.1q specifications, has allowed enterprise to extend the reach of their corporate networks across the WAN. VLANs enable a LAN to be ...

i am bonding 5 NICs, trunking a few VLANs across and adding each VLAN interface to a bridge. this is for a KVM hypervisor, where VMs will be connected to the bridge of choice for network connectivity.

Ethernet devices running the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) have been implemented in networks since the early 1990s. Many organizations take STP for granted and do not configure it per industry best ...