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D-Link DES-1100-24 EasySmart Switch

D-Link DES-1100-24 EasySmart Switch

...house between a standard unmanaged switch and fully-managed models, offering some Layer 2 and 3 features but without more advanced capabilities such as SNMP... Read more

18 January, 2011 by Kelvyn Taylor
Routing at <endeca_term>Layer 2</endeca_term>: FabricPath

Routing at Layer 2: FabricPath

FabricPath gives you a full Layer 2 vision of the network without having to rely on what your... Read more

16 August, 2011
Seamless <endeca_term>Layer-2</endeca_term> Handoff Using Two Radios in IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks

Seamless Layer-2 Handoff Using Two Radios in IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks

A number of algorithms have been proposed to achieve seamless layer-2 handoff. However, none of them eliminated handoff delay completely although some... Read more

1 January, 2011
Novel Sleep Control for EPON Optical Line Terminal Employing <endeca_term>Layer-2</endeca_term> Switch Functions

Novel Sleep Control for EPON Optical Line Terminal Employing Layer-2 Switch Functions

...Line Terminal (OLT) of an Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) employing duplicated Layer-2 SWitches (L2SWs). The basic idea is to make one of the... Read more

18 October, 2010
<endeca_term>Layer 2</endeca_term> Attacks and Mitigation Techniques for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Running Cisco IOS Software

Layer 2 Attacks and Mitigation Techniques for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Running Cisco IOS Software

...IP security. However, one area that is often left untouched is hardening layer 2 and this can open the network to a variety of attacks... Read more

16 July, 2010
Performance Analysis of QoS-Aware <endeca_term>Layer-2</endeca_term> VPNs Over Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) Networks

Performance Analysis of QoS-Aware Layer-2 VPNs Over Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) Networks

...presented as a promising FIber-WIreless (FiWi) broadband access network. Conversely, lightweight layer-2 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) over FiWi, which can provide bandwidth guarantee... Read more

1 June, 2010
Reducing <endeca_term>Layer 2</endeca_term> Handoff Latency in WLANs Using Advanced Context Distribution

Reducing Layer 2 Handoff Latency in WLANs Using Advanced Context Distribution

WLANs have experienced very fast deployment in both public and private areas over recent years. They provide nontrivial... Read more

1 November, 2011
Minimum-Risk <endeca_term>Layer 2</endeca_term> Trigger Levels for Proactive Media-Independent Handovers

Minimum-Risk Layer 2 Trigger Levels for Proactive Media-Independent Handovers

Anticipated handovers that use Link Going Down (LGD) and Link Down (LD) trigger events require the network operator to... Read more

1 February, 2011
VNET/P: Bridging the Cloud and High Performance Computing Through Fast Overlay Networking

VNET/P: Bridging the Cloud and High Performance Computing Through Fast Overlay Networking

Overlay networking with a layer 2 abstraction provides a powerful model for virtualized wide-area distributed computing... Read more

14 July, 2011
Feasibility and Optimization of Delay Guarantees for Non-Homogeneous Flows in IEEE 802.11 WLANs

Feasibility and Optimization of Delay Guarantees for Non-Homogeneous Flows in IEEE 802.11 WLANs

...time applications and the ubiquity of IEEE 802.11 MAC as a layer-2 protocol for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), it is of increasing... Read more

27 March, 2011
Shortcut Switching Strategy in Metro Ethernet Networks

Shortcut Switching Strategy in Metro Ethernet Networks

IEEE Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is a layer-2 protocol which provides a loop-free connectivity across various network nodes... Read more

1 December, 2010
Overview of Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL)

Overview of Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL)

The Internet Engineering Task Force is developing a new shortest path frame Layer 2 (L2) routing protocol for multihop environments. The new protocol is called... Read more

1 June, 2010
WhatsUp Gold 15.0.2

WhatsUp Gold 15.0.2

...the number of clicks-to-activity, to make your job much simpler. Layer 2 discovery and maps: Easily harness the power of WhatsConnected layer 2... Read more

25 May, 2012
Switch Center Workgroup 2.3

Switch Center Workgroup 2.3

...viewer supports multiple management levels and provides automatic network mapping using OSI Layer 2 and Layer 3 topology including real-time reports, statistics, and alerts... Read more

22 May, 2012
Switch Center Enterprise 2.3

Switch Center Enterprise 2.3

...viewer supports multiple management levels and provides automatic network mapping using OSI Layer 2 and Layer 3 topology including real-time reports, statistics and alerts... Read more

22 May, 2012

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