Switches work great as an addition on a network that already has a router. This lets the router handle the heavy lifting of assigning and managing IP’s and routing tables, while the switch helps ...

The switch supports Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). VRRP provides automatic assignment. When a master router fails to connect, the backup router is ...

The best minds in networking spent the better part of two decades wrenching the control planes of switches and routers out of ...