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help please !!! How to set adsl sharing with cisco 2501
Hmm... A few points to consider, vitor1: * First of all, if you already have an ADSL connection (phone line + ADSL modem/router), then it seems you don't need a router at all to share access to the Internet. You already have what you need (including the hub). * The Cisco 2501 router's only... -
VLAN, separate broadcast domain ?
By using VLANs you can divide a broadcast domain into smaller ones. As wybnormal said, each VLAN is its own broadcast domain. So both routers and layer 2 switches using VLANs can separate broadcast domains. Now, what about collision domains and VLANs? Well, collision domains remain at each...- AlexNdr
- Post #5
- Forum: Technical certification and testing
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Valid encapsulation types
k0mbachi, you're right about the word "protocol" being "pretty generic catch-all". For example, Ethernet is called a "layer 1 and 2 protocol" and also called "LAN technology". With respect to IPX encapsulation over WAN links, I understand that IPX...- AlexNdr
- Post #8
- Forum: Technical certification and testing
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Valid encapsulation types
k0mbachi, you know there are 4 different IPX encapsulation types for Ethernet (arpa, novell-ether, sap and snap), 2 for Token Ring and 3 for FDDI. What all of them have in common is that they are used in LANs! Both HDLC and PPP are used in Cisco routers' serial WAN interfaces. As Cisco...- AlexNdr
- Post #6
- Forum: Technical certification and testing
