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In the computer networking world, the three most ubiquitous pieces of equipment are modems, routers, and switches. These are used everywhere from the datacenter hosting Google to the internet ...

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 ...

Standing in the networking aisle of an electronics retail store, anybody could mistakenly pick up a router instead of an Ethernet switch or vice versa. The product packages as well as the devices ...

You're paying for gigabit internet, but this tiny hardware mistake could be holding it back ...

When you sign a contract with an internet provider, they'll typically send you a modem and a router in the mail. But which is which? And how are they different? A modem and a router work in tandem ...

Quick networking question involving a Synology DiskStation: I have one with two LAN ports (DS916+), previously they were both connected to a small managed switch that was directly downstream of the ...

Foundry Networks and Citrix are two companies planning to use Interop to launch application acceleration tools. Foundry plans to announce a server offload device; Citrix will launch boxes designed to ...

Routers are much more powerful today than they were decades ago. The same could be said for most technology, but I have vivid memories of ISP routers in the early 2000s being downright awful. They ...