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Automating VLAN Creation on Cisco Devices with Ansible

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  Automating VLAN Creation on Cisco Devices with Ansible Ansible is a powerful automation tool that simplifies network management tasks, including creating VLANs on Cisco devices. For beginners, this guide will walk you through automating VLAN creation step-by-step, from setting up Ansible to deploying VLAN configurations. What is a VLAN? A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a logical group of devices within a network that can communicate as if they were on the same physical network, regardless of their physical location. VLANs improve network efficiency and security by segmenting traffic. Why Use Ansible for VLAN Automation? Consistency: Avoid manual configuration errors. Efficiency: Configure multiple devices in seconds. Scalability: Manage large-scale networks easily. Flexibility: Supports various Cisco devices and integrates with other tools. Prerequisites Cisco Device Configuration: Ensure your Cisco devices support SSH and are configured to allow Ans...

What is a Router ? | IT NETWORKS

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What is a router? Routers are responsible for transmitting packets from one end host on the internet, maybe a laptop to and from other end-hosts that are connected to the internet like a web server that we are accessing. Routers are not computers that you might recognize, routers are specialized pieces of computer hardware that is built to do one task over and over and over again and that determines where a packet should go.  If the router only has two connections then when a packet comes in on one connection, it has to go out on the other and to some degree, there's no real point to have a router there at all same thing with the other direction because a router is on a destination for traffic it's just there to route traffic to move it towards a destination that's an important distinction between end hosts and routers. An end host can be a PC or a server... Routers typically don't initiate that much traffic, they can initiate a little bit maybe usi...