CML-Free Layer 2

Over the years, I’ve created a bundle of about 75 lab exercises here at the blog, called Config Labs. The idea is to read the web page for the lab, then do the lab, and then check your [...]

LAN switches use many default settings that work without you having to do anything, and oftentimes, you can leave those default settings as-is. However, with Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), and its [...]

LAN switches use many default settings that work without you having to do anything, and oftentimes, you can leave those default settings as-is. However, with Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), and its [...]

Configuring VLANs on access switches may be the most common repetitive configuration task in many networks. So what do you configure when adding new access devices to new VLANs? This lab gives [...]

You can memorize VLAN trunking commands by staring at a table – but you will remember them much better if you try different combinations in sample labs, especially if you try them from the CLI of [...]