If your router comes with one or more Ethernet ports labeled 2.5G, here's what the label means, what they're for, and how to ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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