Monthly Archives: September 2011

How to Stack Dell Force10 S60 Switches

In this lab I use two Dell Force10 S60 switches [FTOS 8.3.3.4] to demonstrate how to stack two S60 switches together. By stacking the switches you can increase port density and manage the switches together as if it were one … Continue reading

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Load Balancing with EIGRP

RIP, RIPv2, IGRP, EIGRP and OSPF are all routing protocols that support equal cost load balancing but IGRP and EIGRP can also support unequal cost load balancing. However, unlike IGRP, EIGRP supports VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Masking). Below I use … Continue reading

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Perl – Get files and directories with the glob function

Recently, as part of a larger Perl application, I had to get all the files and sub-directories of the working directory. Using the built-in ‘glob’ function, I was able to quickly implement a subroutine to do this and also differentiate … Continue reading

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Setup Telnet Access on Cisco Switches

This quick lab assumes you already have an IP address for telnet assigned on the Cisco switch. Once that is setup and you are able to ping the IP address, you can setup telnet access on the Cisco switch with … Continue reading

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