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4 advantages of stacking network switches (and why you'd want to)

Stacking network switches can prove useful when building a local area network (LAN) at home or in the office. If you have many devices to connect, grouping network switches can allow them to share the ...
The Next Platform

Facebook, Big Switch Tag Team On Open Switch Stack

Hot on the heels of Hewlett-Packard announcing its OpenSwitch open source switch operating system, Big Switch Networks, a provider of software-defined networking tools based on the OpenFlow protocol, ...
Network World

Nortel adds layers to its stackable switch line

Nortel’s BayStack 5520 stackable switch offers better performance, increased link aggregation capacity, new Layer 3 forwarding and a 25% price drop compared with its predecessor. However, this line of ...
Network World

Stacked LAN switches: Measuring performance

As we close in on 2006, LAN switching has been a part of enterprise networks for years. Typically, as technology matures the focus moves away from “speeds and feeds” to other areas. Although many ...
Ars Technica

Cisco Router - Redundant links to a switch stack

We have a pair of 3945's that do our core, one is for our MPLS and the other is our public internet router. Right now the "inside" of each one plugs into a switch stack with Gi0/0. Most everything ...
EDN

Channel stacking switch technology for residential DBS reduces cabling and STBs

Digital Broadcast Satellite (DBS) operators continuously strive to improve their Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). Operators know that they can increase ARPU by making content available in additional ...