HSRP vs VRRP: comparison of protocols
When configuring high availability gateways between multiple routers you only have a couple of options to choose from. If you have all Cisco routers chances are you will be configuring and using HSRP to provide redundancy between your routers. If you have Juniper, Foundry (Brocade), or any another router you’ll most likely use VRRP. In […]
Nothing Says Love Like a Cisco ASR 9000
We just saw this video and thought it was so hilarious we had to share it here on RouterFreak.com. We’re a bit late for Valentines day but next year or even on your Anniversary, this is exactly what every spouse needs. We know they will just love the exceptional scalability, carrier-class reliability, environmentally conscious design, incredible flexibility, […]
Cisco CCNA Certification Refresh Could Provide Next Gen Skills
Well it seems like it’s that time again. The time when Cisco starts to change up their certification exams and requirements. This seems to happen every several years or so where Cisco, in an effort to keep up with the changing technologies of computer networks, revamps their certification exams. This time Cisco has announced they are changing up the CCNA […]
How to Troubleshoot A Network – Without Pulling Your Hair Out
Any network engineer or administrator knows how tough it can be to troubleshoot some network issues. Often times things like QoS, bandwidth throttling or quotas may turn out to cause us a lot of trouble when we least expect it. But without the right tools to give us the visibility we need into the behavior of the […]
Understanding Ethernet Jumbo Frames
There seems to be a growing argument lately over network optimization and the use of Jumbo Frames. With the cost of Gigabit networking continuing to go down, and 10 Gigabit (and greater) networks becoming more affordable, the impact of this decision is becoming more and more important. Knowing how and when to use jumbo Ethernet frames is […]
How To Troubleshoot Crashes on an ASR-1006 Router
When working with the Cisco ASR router platform (or any router for that matter) you may run into situations where the router had some sort of issue and crashed. I know what your thinking – “ROUTERS AREN”T SUPPOSED TO CRASH!!” This is true and they usually don’t crash. But every once in a while you […]
Wireless Networking Basics
An Introduction to Wireless Networking Standards Way back in the early days of Wireless LAN (WLAN) development, there were a whole lot of folks trying different types of technologies to get wireless LAN communications to work. Eventually some clear winners started to rise to the top and it was seen that interoperability between these technologies […]
Cisco Sells Linksys
Linksys finds new home with Belkin Linksys is undoubtedly the most well known consumer home router on the market today. Aquired by Cisco in 2003, Linksys had high hopes (and so did Cisco) of breaking into the emerging small business market as well as boost its consumer presence. But like most companies that get gobbled […]
Was 2012 the Year of Cloud Computing?
As we wave good-bye to 2012, we look back on what has happened this past year and see which technologies really took a foot hold in networking. There are two technologies that seem to have really stood out more so this past year than ever before. Both Cloud Computing and Virtualization seemed to have been […]
Citrix Netscaler To Be Acquired By Cisco?
There’s been a lot of chatter lately on the next possible acquisition deal that Cisco may embark on. It would seem that Cisco could be looking to buy the Netscaler Application Delivery (read: load balancer) platform from Citrix. In several articles posted online from Barrons, StreetInsider.com, and NetworkWorld, per analysts from Oppenheimer, Cisco is working out a deal […]