How To Add Extra Ethernet Ports If Your Router Doesn't Have Enough

Ethernet ports are often in short supply. If you run low, a cheap device lets you add more to your existing router without ...
Ars Technica

Router connection to Switch running at 10Mbps

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 ...
BizTech

Even Plug-and-Play Switches and Routers Must Be Properly Configured for Security

Banks, co-host of the Packet Pushers Podcast, has been managing networks for higher ed, government, financial services and tech organizations since 1995. When you plug in an out-of-the-box network ...

The Story of Splitting My Home Network into 7 VLANs (1): Why Split Them, and Why Off-the-Shelf Routers Couldn't Handle It

I have these kinds of devices connected at home. Family PCs, smartphones, and tablets TVs, game consoles, and smart speakers ...
Network World

CCNA Lab Part 7: Choosing the Right Switch Models

After working through a longish discussion about Cisco routers for your CCNA lab, it will be nice to discuss switches. Thankfully, the choice of switches is a lot easier to figure out than the choice ...