Are you confused about the difference between a hub, a router, and a switch? You’re not alone! These networking devices may ...

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 ...

Trisha Jandoc was an associate 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 ...

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 ...

A network router plays a crucial role in how data packets travel to and from a computer to host across the Internet. Routers serve as the junction point between the computers in a network and an ...

It is hard to say what will happen first: Switching and routing will merge, or an independent networking operating system that can do both will emerge. If Arrcus, which dropped out of stealth mode ...

These network tests can solve common smart home problems—improve connectivity, fix delays, and keep your devices running ...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) revenues reached a record $6.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), representing an increase of 3.8% year ...

The global market for traditional data center network switches and routers pulled off modest growth in the last year, but the long-term picture for routers in particular looks bleak as data center ...