In another lab created by Dave Hucaby, we look at playing with VLAN trunking and mixing and matching native vlan's and what the effects of doing so are. As always, you can view his original lab here: http://dhucaby.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/new-scenario-vlan-trunking-1/ Here is his original question: Here’s a new scenario to think about. I haven’t built it in a lab yet, ...

This blog is going to be an attempt to lab up one of David Hucaby's lab scenarios that he posted here: http://dhucaby.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/ccnp-switch-planning-topics/ I'm going to include as much detail as possible so you can follow every step of the way. Since I don't have all the equipment in David's scenario, I'm going to be modifying the ...

Today my copy of "Cisco LAN Switching Fundamentals" has arrived. Written by CCIE's David Barnes #6563 and Basir Sakandar #6040. John Tiso CCIE #5162  is credited as contributing author. Now, when you're searching for routing books, you will get hundreds of results. There does seem to be a lack of switching books. Sure, you'll find those ...

Today I received a new toy! The Adesso CyberTablet Z12. Originally this baby goes for $150 and is currently on sale for $87.23 at Amazon. I am in no way a hardcore artist who expects the best of the best. Doing a little research, there are others out there for hundreds more! And I'm sure ...

Dave Hucaby has a new blog. Author of some Cisco Press Books such as: Cisco LAN Switching Configuration Handbook (2nd Edition) CCNP SWITCH 642-813 Official Certification Guide (Exam Certification Guide) Cisco ASA, PIX, and FWSM Firewall Handbook (2nd Edition) Just to name a few. I will be pestering him. I will be asking him questions. I will be testing ...

Here's  a quick update on my attempts to make Cisco's L3 3550 switch a VPN endpoint. Here is the original post: http://www.brandontek.com/?p=275 I've tried another method to get "some" kind of tunneling to work between the 3550 and 1811 router. I thought maybe a VTI could possibly work. To test this theory out. I first created a ...