Adding a network switch to your setup adds more Ethernet ports to your home. This allows you to plug devices in directly to ...

Are you confused about the difference between a hub, a router, and a switch? You’re not alone! These networking devices may seem similar, but they serve different purposes and play distinct roles in ...

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 ...

I need some help with my network setup at home. We have 2 wireless routers. One's a Belkin draft-N box and the other is a WRT54GL with DD-WRT on it. They currently have separate SSIDs and they're both ...

Forum visitor mustbjones needs a little gentle understanding in regard to routers and hubs. He or she writes: My house is wired with three Ethernet drops fed by the three ports on my router. I got a ...

Continuing AppleInsider's quest to find the perfect mesh networking hardware, this week we take a closer look at Linksys' entry, a three-tower setup named Velop. The point of mesh networking is to ...

Maybe you can get away with a single Wi-Fi basestation, if you have modest needs, but with the arrival of 4K media streaming, home network bandwidth demands are growing quickly. AppleInsider shares a ...

It’s been said that Microsoft Word users only exploit 10% of the software’s capabilities. The same might be true of those managing enterprise LAN switches and routers, a habit that might be costing ...

I have a pretty simple home network that centers on a Linksys EA7400 router. The primary problem: I’ve been noticing that every few days the internet and local network become unusable, there are ...