As your network begins to grow you start to see a need to logically separate different parts of your network into different broadcast domains. But what is a broadcast domains and how is it different from a collision domains? And how do I get two different broadcast domains to talk to each other? In this [...]
Collision Domains and How to Manage Them
Collision Domains are layer 2 segments where computers can communicate over ethernet. But what happens when your layer 2 ethernet segment gets too noisy and packets start colliding. Your network performance goes down the toilet and you starts getting complaints from your users. Not a good thing! Welcome to the Party – Overcrowded Collision Domains [...]
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 [...]




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