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 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 ...

I have a Synology 6600 router, and I love it's OS and feature set, but it only has 1 2.5Gb port, and I just got 2.5G fiber service at my house so I'd really like to take advantage of all the speed to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Switches and routers are both basic, common components found in local area networks. On a simple level, routers are advanced switches that communicate between both local area networks and wide area ...

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 ...

IP storage networks have emerged as a versatile and inexpensive alternative to traditional Fibre Channel SANs, and IP SAN deployments -- primarily iSCSI -- are appearing in businesses of all sizes.