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What is the difference between WAN and LAN ports?

I was looking some routers and I noticed that in some of them there is a distinction between WAN and LAN ports? The WAN ports is to connect an access point and LAN ports to connect a switch or a PC?

router interface  
user avatar asked by yaylitzis Score of 7
user avatar answered by scott spencer Score of 5

Why use iBGP inside an Autonomous System, if IGP protocols fulfill the need for internal communication

Can anyone explain why we need iBGP for the routes when we have the IGP protocols (OSPF, RIP) for internal communication within the AS? I have read a lot of articles and books, but I could not find ...

routing router bgp ospf igp  
user avatar asked by user2720323 Score of 24
user avatar answered by Mike Pennington Score of 28

Difference between CRC and input errors - show interface

The command "show interface fa0/1" prints the following output: What is the difference between "CRC" and "input errors"? CRC errors confirms that a frame error has occured, but what about "input ...

cisco interface  
user avatar asked by Birdman Score of 7
user avatar answered by YLearn Score of 6

TCPDump - Filter by MAC Address

I would like to display all traffic for or from a specific MAC address. For that I tried sudo tcpdump host aa:bb:cc:11:22:33 It does not work and returns me an error tcpdump: pktap_filter_packet: ...

mac-address ip tcpdump  
user avatar asked by phenetas Score of 47
user avatar answered by YLearn Score of 63

What is the difference between netFlow and sFlow?

How is sFlow different from netFlow, and how is each supported by different vendors ?

monitoring netflow sflow  
user avatar asked by Benjamin A. Score of 23
user avatar answered by Jez Score of 21

What's the difference between an Ethernet cable and a UTP cable?

Is there such a thing as an Ethernet cable or technically no? Are they actually called UTP cables? From wikipedia UTP cables are found in many Ethernet networks and telephone systems.

ethernet layer1 cable terminology utp  
user avatar asked by Celeritas Score of 17
user avatar answered by YLearn Score of 23

How can the Cisco Packet Tracer show the port's name?

How can the Cisco Packet Tracer show the port's name? the GNS3 can show its interface name.

cisco router  
user avatar asked by 244boy Score of 2
user avatar answered by aircraft Score of 6
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