I have only a fairly basic understanding of networking, and am particularly light on understanding of routing, so looking for a little help from the Ars collective on this issue I have. At my place of ...

So I've been messing around in GNS3 and created a topology which isn't quite working: Now, obviously this is a discontiguous network (I'm messing around to try and make stuff work when it ordinarily ...

In modern computer networks, the ability to manage traffic efficiently is essential to ensuring reliability, scalability, and seamless communication. The exponential growth of digital demands has made ...

http://ipexpert.ccieblog.com/ – OSPF is a topic that must be absolutely mastered for the CCIE lab exam. Many students understand the fundamental concepts, but get ...

Well, at least one of you asked… and I did promise! Next we’ll move on to Type 5 (external) LSAs. (yeeha!) But if you didn’t yet vote for your top requests from Santa for this year, at least relative ...

OSPF LSAs tend to give people some heartache – but why is that? I’m not immune to it either – it’s a topic for which I’ve personally had multiple “a-ha” experiences over the years, as things become ...

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