What is the Backbone Area of OSPF? The Backbone Area is the central area of an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) network, and all other areas are connected to it. The Backbone Area is also known as Area 0. All OSPF routers must be members of the Backbone Area. The Backbone Area is the most … Read more
What is Administrative Distance? The administrative distance (AD) is a measure of the trustworthiness of the source of the routing information. It is used by routers to determine which route to install in the routing table when there are multiple routes to the same destination from different sources. Routes with a lower AD are installed … Read more
What is CEF? Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) is a Layer 3 switching technology that offers high performance, low latency, and Scalability. It is the successor to Cisco’s Distributed Forwarding technology. CEF is used in Campus Networks and Data Centers to provide optimal forwarding of traffic. CEF uses a central Adjacency Table which contains next-hop information … Read more
What is the Auto-Mdix feature on a Switch? The Auto-MDIX is a feature of managed switches that automatically detects and configures the required MDIX (Media Dependent Interface Crossover) setting on each port to properly connect two devices without requiring crossover cables. The auto-MDIX feature eliminates the need for users to manually configure each port with … Read more
Which Type of IPv6 Address Refers to any Unicast Address that is Assigned to Multiple Hosts? The anycast address is the type of IPv6 address that refers to any unicast address that is assigned to multiple hosts. Anycast addresses are assigned to multiple endpoints on the network, and traffic sent to an anycast address is … Read more