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  • Buyer's Guide: How to upgrade to IPv6

    IPv6 is an increasingly hot topic in the networking industry. We examine the issues for older hardware support.  Buyer's guide

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    An IPv6 migration plan is vital for businesses to maintain productivity with customers. This IPv6 migration guide will help you understand migration basics and pitfalls to avoid.  Tutorial

  • IPv6 migration

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    As IT teams build 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks, they'll have to choose the right 10 Gigabit Ethernet cabling and components in order to ensure data centre optimisation and prevent latency in the network. They'll also need to be sure their networks ar...  Tutorial

  • VLAN guide for networking professionals

    Virtual LANs (VLANs) are LANs with definitions that map workstations based on anything except for geographic location. In this VLAN guide, you will learn about VLANs as they relate to server virtualisation and WLANs and find VLAN configuration tips a...  Tutorial

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About Network Routing and Switching

Learn about UK network routing and switching topology and architecture, as well as how to choose cost-effective WAN and LAN routers and switches and methods to improve network performance and use of network capacity through routing and switching. Find out about the systems administration behind network routing and switching and about how to use switching and routing to implement VLANs and network segmenting. Also browse our resources on using routers to host multiple applications such as security, monitoring and load balancing.

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