Routers and network switches aren't the same hardware—depending on your setup, you may need both.

Ethernet splitter vs. switch: Which one do you need? Ethernet switches and ethernet splitters seem, at first glance, to be basically the same thing. Their names and functions are similar. However, ...

Troubleshooting network speeds is the ethos of my job description within friend circles and family, but do it for a few years and a few realizations dawn quickly. For one, the blinking lights of a ...

In today’s data center you need to be able to add services and hardware without compromising network performance, but the flexibility to tune the network to meet business needs is also mandatory. The ...

While it has always been true that flatter networks and faster networks are possible with every speed bump on the Ethernet roadmap, the scale of networks has kept growing fast enough that the switch ...