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In a Network where there are Access /Distribution/Core Switches as well as Routers. How does a Network Administrator do to remote to each node and check it the issues.<br />
I mean is there a strategy, for instance use VLAN 1 on all switches as an interface Vlan with IP address assigned to it, this way the Admin can remote to the switch and check it ?<br />
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I am not sure in real world how Admins manage remotely all those switches/routers spread over ?<br />
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any insight will be very appreciated.<br />
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Thanks<br />
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In a Network where there are Access /Distribution/Core Switches as well as Routers. How does a Network Administrator do to remote to each node and check it the issues.
I mean is there a strategy, for instance use VLAN 1 on all switches as an interface Vlan with IP address assigned to it, this way the Admin can remote to the switch and check it ?

I am not sure in real world how Admins manage remotely all those switches/routers spread over ?

any insight will be very appreciated.

Thanks



How to Manage Cisco Switches and Routers Remotely

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

Switches / Hubs

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.