I have been hoping for all kinds of USB functionality to routers, switches, firewalls but Cisco has been slow ... use the USB interface as a serial communications port. Don’t worry that this ...

One way to boost network security is to use Cisco's Port Security feature to lock down switch ports. Learn the basics of port security, and find out how to configure this feature. A growing ...

A TechRepublic reader recently e-mailed me to ask about limiting the bandwidth on a Cisco Catalyst switch port. In fact, there are a number of uses for this configuration. Let's take a closer look.

but it is the only port that has FCS errors on it on the entire 48port switch.<BR><BR>I'm not a Cisco tech. What is an FCS error? Does it tend to point to a certain problem (Bad port, bad Nic ...