The set up is a little weird. I won't get into why, but the PCs are spread all over the house and the switch and router are not physically anywhere near each other. I have run a lot of cat 5e and cat ...

Editors' note: This article was first published on March 26, 2013 and updated on July 1, 2016 with up-to-date information. It might seem like a daunting task to set up a new home router. But it ...

When you are first setting up a network for your office or business, you will probably go with a wireless router that can handle network encryption, such as a Linksys router. Since Linksys routers are ...

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 ...

Recently a client asked me to write a whitepaper about IP address management. At first the assignment seemed completely routine. But as I began looking at the details I realized that I was going to ...

Fundamentals: Five ways to secure your Cisco routers and switches Your email has been sent David Davis describes the fundamentals of router security through a list of his top five best practices. He ...

Recently products like Google Wifi, Eero, and now the Almond 3 are being released with the goal of changing the Wifi experience, something that really hasn’t really been tried since the technology ...