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CCNA: Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

The Network DNA

This is similar to Address Resolution Protocol, which maps layer 3 IP addresses to the layer MAC addresses. IP address. To do that it builds the Ethernet Frame and puts its MAC address as the Source MAC address (SMAC) and layer 2 broadcast address (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff). with 0x4a::56.

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Introduction to VXLAN MP-BGP EVPN Route Types

The Network DNA

Route type 2, or the advertisement route for MAC/IP: This broadcasts the MAC and IP addresses of the endpoints, or VTEPs, as well as endpoint reachability data. Ethernet segment routes, or route type 4, are used to broadcast the length of the IP address, the originating router's IP address, and the Ethernet segment identifier.

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Understanding Network Class Address in IP Networking

NW Kings

Network Class Address is crucial for organizing and managing IP addresses. This blog will delve into the various aspects of network class addresses, focusing on IPv4 , subnetting , and the differences between the classes. What is an IP Address? There are two main types of IP addresses: IPv4 and IPv6.

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VRF Leak global default route with a single router

Network Engineering

router bgp 6500 address-family ipv4 vrf CUSTA redistribute connected no synchronization exit-address-family ip prefix-list GLOBAL_TO_VRF_CUSTA seq 5 permit 0.0.0.0/0 router bgp 6500 address-family ipv4 vrf CUSTA redistribute connected no synchronization exit-address-family ip prefix-list GLOBAL_TO_VRF_CUSTA seq 5 permit 0.0.0.0/0

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M-LAG: After migrating the VLAN, network accessibility is limited to one switch

Network Engineering

From MSK-Core-2, there is no ping to any host except for the IP address of the VLAN 203 interface itself, which is the gateway for this network. network 10.197.255.254 255.255.255.255 peer 10.197.255.253 enable peer 10.197.255.255 enable peer 10.197.255.255 preferred-value 50 ip route-static 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0

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MikroTik -> Huawei M-LAG: After migrating the VLAN, network accessibility is limited to one switch

Network Engineering

From MSK-Core-2, there is no ping to any host except for the IP address of the VLAN 203 interface itself, which is the gateway for this network. network 10.197.255.254 255.255.255.255 peer 10.197.255.253 enable peer 10.197.255.255 enable peer 10.197.255.255 preferred-value 50 ip route-static 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0

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Simplify allowlist management and lock down origin access with Cloudflare Aegis

CloudFaire

Origin protection then Allowlisting a specific set of IP addresses has long existed as one of the simplest ways of restricting access to a server. Back then, the most natural way to support this was to tell our customers which IP addresses belong to us, so they could allowlist those in their origin firewall.