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Creating an Instant Windows FTP Server
As part of my consulting work, I regularly find myself in need of a quick and efficient way to transfer files between different operating systems, like Windows and Linux. This is especially the cas...
Backing Up and Restoring Cisco Switch Settings
Much like with Cisco routers, it?s generally a good idea to back up the configuration of your switches as well. The syntax to copy the configuration of a Catalyst 1900 series to a TFTP server is di...
Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol Costs on a Cisco Switch
The purpose of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is to prevent loops on a switched or bridged network. STP is enabled on Catalyst 1900 series switches by default. In fact, one instance of Spanning T...
Enabling and Configuring VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) on Cisco 1900 Switches
The VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) is used to manage the configuration of switches that are part of a VTP management domain, as we learned in Chapter 3. Recall that three VTP modes exist ? server, cl...
Configuring ISL Trunk Links
Earlier in Chapter 3, we looked at ways to connect switches with trunk links, such that VLANs could span multiple switches. The two main ways to accomplish this are via the Inter-Switch Link (ISL) ...