When it comes to complexity of network connectors, you have got multiple levels, with a switch (hub) at the bottom and a router at the top. A hub is an astonishingly dumb gadget. It accepts a packet ...

While buying a switch for a home network is usually a simple matter of buying the cheapest one with a known brand, choosing one for a business network, regardless of its size, is a more complicated ...

The three devices commonly used for linking components together on a network are hubs, switches and routers. Though similar in function they differ in capability and utilization. Hubs and switches ...

Wireless access is quickly becoming essential in enterprise networks. With the arrival of 802.11n and its capacity of hundreds of megabits per access point, the value of wireless access has increased ...

Ever look at the back of your router and ask yourself “WHY!?!?” There are only four ethernet ports there. Four. How can anyone live and thrive with such a measly amount of wired network connections?

By putting optics in silicon, CPO promises dramatic boosts in speed while lowering power requirements, if it can meet ...

I needed to reorganize the cabling in the server closet so I can reach the network switch after I put the upper deck in place on my model railroad. I need that extra 24" of depth for a turn. My wife ...

Coming straight to you from the “Department of Redundant Redundancies” comes this clever hack that turns a Switch into a switch. More specifically, a network switch. Not even a half bad one either, ...

In Las Vegas Thursday for the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, T-Mobile announced a new initiative called 15 Minutes to Better ...

In June, after a year and a half of poking and prodding, the US Department of Justice finally gave the OK for the $14 billion ...

This is not strictly a networking question, but I don't know where this should go, so here it is. I need to secure a small network switch, a dumb 8 port TP Link in metal case, on the vertical face of ...