Switches work great as an addition on a network that already has a router. This lets the router handle the heavy lifting of assigning and managing IP’s and routing tables, while the switch helps ...

In the world of high tech, routers and switches are the oft-ignored, older, awkward step-sisters of CE design. It is thus no longer. Cisco has just released a plethora of routers and switches ...

Most Mesh Routers Have One or Two Ethernet Ports . Like many people, I've made the jump to a mesh network in my home. Unlike ...

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 ...

If you dig the stylish look on the Linksys E4200 802.11n router but prefer something more wallet-friendly, then Cisco's latest range of home routers and switches will likely suit your taste. Gone ...

Router Vs. Hub Vs. Switch. 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 ...

Routers and switches can support multicast routing and virtually all enterprise switches support IGMPv3/MLDv2 snooping. And of course both routers and switches can both easily operate in a dual- ...

Network professionals who want to save money by more efficiently managing their storage resources may find use for Fibre Channel routers and switches being introduced this week. Storage vendor ...

“Everybody thinks, ‘Oh, switches, routers, blah, blah, blah,’” said Bob O’Donnell (pictured), president and chief analyst at TECHnalysis Research LLC. “They’ve evolved quite a bit ...

CAMs are found in network processing devices, including Intel IXP cards and various routers or switches. The most commonly implemented CAMs are called binary CAMs. They search only for ones and zeros.