Setting up a wireless network can be a great way to increase your employees' productivity by giving them the freedom to work anywhere in the facility. However, a wireless network also can be a source ...

This sample chapter from the only authorized companion guide for the Cisco Networking Academy Program introduces newcomers to the basic concepts and components of modern computer networks. The chapter ...

Schmooze it or lose it, right? Well, not quite. To be sure, there are a lot of negative stereotypes surrounding networking, but it's not necessary to make a hard sell to widen your sphere of ...

The SS7 network has three basic elements: the service switching point (SSP), the signal transfer point (STP), and the service control point (SCP). SSPs are switches that originate, terminate, or ...

You know, back in my day, each household had one Internet connection, and one computer connected to it. None of this Internet-sharing-wireless-router jibber-jabber. If you wanted to browse the Web, ...

The MACsec, IPsec and SSL/TLS/DTLS protocols are the primary means of securing data in motion (communicated between connected devices). These protocols can be anchored in hardware or implemented in ...