That port is golden when you want to link network appliances together ...

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 ...

Ever look at the back of your router and ask yourself “WHY!?!?” There are only four ethernet ports there. Four. How can anyone live and thrive with such a measly amount of wired network connections?

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...