Backbone Networks

As the technologies used in LANS and WLANs become faster and better, the amount of traffic the backbone network needs to support is increasing at an even faster rate. Coupled with the significant changes in the best practice recommendations for the design of backbone...

Backbone Networks

As the technologies used in LANS and WLANs become faster and better, the amount of traffic the backbone network needs to support is increasing at an even faster rate. Coupled with the significant changes in the best practice recommendations for the design of backbone...

Backbone Networks

1. How does a layer-2 switch differ from a router? 2. Under what circumstances would you use a switched backbone? 3. Explain how single-switch VLANs work. 4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of VLANs? Mini Case: Pat’s Engineering Works Pat’s Engineering Works...