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Why it’s the right time to start working in 802.11 wireless: new protocols are coming

November 10th, 2011

So you thought that 802.11n was the ultimate protocol, allowing 300 Mbps, maybe up to 450 Mbps? If you are not working in wireless yet, now is the right time to think about switching career, and starting to get a few certifications in the 802.11 wireless field: new protocols are coming that will change the deal for a long time, and make 802.11 THE protocol you want to be expert on. So get some Cisco wireless training and prepare for the storm to come: Read the rest of this entry »

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A+P An Interesting Alternative To Large Scale NAT (LSN) or Carrier Grade NAT (CGN)

October 17th, 2011

1. Introduction

Since most IPv4 addresses are taken (and many people have not yet started their transition process to IPv6), we need to make sure that we have all the tools available to make the most of the remaining addresses without breaking the Internet even more than we did with NAT.

Carrier Grade NAT (CGN) or Large Scale NAT (LSN) proposes to run NAT at the Service Provider rather than, or in addition to, the Customer Premises Equipment (CPE).
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A Short History of Mobile Networks and IPv6: The road to Long Term Evolution (LTE) on IPv6

October 6th, 2011


LTE is a 4G Mobile Specification for Multimedia.

It has come a long way since the first generation in 79!

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New Digital Media Suite (DMS) 5.2.3 Course Release

September 28th, 2011

Fast Lane is proud to announce the new release of Digital Media Suite (DMS) version 5.2.3.

The Cisco DMS course, exclusively delivered by Fast Lane, has been updated to include many new features available in the 5.2.3 software release.

DMS version 5.2.3 introduces two big new features and this is covered in two new lessons:

* High Availability (failover servers) – allows customer to have redundant equipment so if something happens with primary DMM or SnS servers backup will take over automatically
* Single Sign-On (SSO) – allows users with just one login to access all services (DMM and SnS)

Another new feature introduced in DMS 5.2.3 is related to Medianet improvements:
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