Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) uses a range of addresses with options to provide clients with IP address configurations to operate on the network. DHCP servers are configured with scopes by an administrator to manage IP addressing in the network.
Scopes are also known as pools, than contain a range of ... Read More
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Apr2014
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Apr2014
Comware CLI for STP edge on two 7500 ports in different VLANs.
Read the Warning in the CLI, if you do it on a port between switches.. bad juju...
Terminal is an end-point, PC, Server, etc..
stp edged-port enable
# Warning: Edge port should only be connected to terminal. It will cause temporary ... Read More
01
Apr2014
Spanning Tree (STP) is running on all switch ports by default once the daemon is enabled. STP first LISTENS and LEARNS before FORWARDING traffic. It's the LISTENING and LEARNING states that delays traffic from being delivered to end devices. The lack of FORWARDING during the LISTENING and LEARNING interval can cause IP address configuration failure ... Read More
01
Apr2014
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is link-state protocol that uses the Djikstra Algorithm to determine a shortest path tree. The OSPF algorithm uses cost defined on links to determine the best path to a network. For OSPF to remain loop free, each and every router needs to know of all ... Read More