Your router isn't just for Wi-Fi—here's everything a network switch actually fixes ...

Whenever you see a box with a few Ethernet ports, it’s either referred to as a router, or a switch, sometimes people will even use the word “hub”! Fortunately, it’s simpler than it may seem. A router ...

Trisha Jandoc is a writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on multimedia ...

Network security sounds like something that would concern an IT manager at a big company, but even ordinary home users have good reasons not to leave their small home networks to the wind. It’s about ...

Banks, co-host of the Packet Pushers Podcast, has been managing networks for higher ed, government, financial services and tech organizations since 1995. When you plug in an out-of-the-box network ...

After a relatively sluggish year, multiple segments of the switch and router networking markets are due for a solid year of growth. Data center switches, in particular, are set for an AI-driven climb.

Most people around the world prefer to use wireless internet at home due to its convenience. However, there are still those who use wired internet since in many cases, it is still better than Wi-Fi ...

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, ...