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

Just this last week several customers have ironically all asked me the exact same question. “Can we use an Ethernet switch instead of a router for our Internet EBGP peering to our ISP(s)?” While ...

The set up is a little weird. I won't get into why, but the PCs are spread all over the house and the switch and router are not physically anywhere near each other. I have run a lot of cat 5e and cat ...

My dilemma...<P>I have a router here at home and that's what I use to share internet access among all of the computers. I just configure the router, plug the DSL ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has been monitoring the ethernet switch and router market and it is poised to grow by $ 437.69 mn during 2020-2024. The report offers an up-to-date analysis ...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $6.8 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), an increase of 7.8% year over year. Meanwhile ...

AC2600 in a Nighthawk gaming Pro series jacket - gaming packet magic? Gaming routers are a hot topic these days, with online gaming you need your data-packets delivered as fast as possible! To cater ...

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?

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 ...

Many administrators forget—or don't even realize—that they can configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on Cisco IOS routers and switches. David Davis discusses the pros and cons of this ...