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In the home or office, the Ethernet switch functions as a central station connecting computers, printers and every other wired device to each other. The switch is also wired to the router and modem to ...

Whenever you see a box with a few Ethernet ports, it’s either referred to as a router, or a switch, sometimes people will even use the word “hub”! Fortunately, it’s simpler than it may seem. A router ...

Setting up network segmentation is best practice, whether using a series of VLANs or some other method. While we tend to ...

Sorry if this is a stupid question, I’ve done a lot of googling and searched this forum but I know that doesn’t mean the question hasn’t been asked and answered before. Setup: Orbi RBK53 system (1 ...

You need at least a pair of “switches”, and you really need more. But there are multiple options for what you buy to do switching with for the lab, and those choices impact the topology you end up ...

It's been almost a year since many of us started working from home, and it doesn't look like that's going to change anytime soon. In previous Jason Squared shows, Jason Cipriani and I have talked ...

Unmanaged switches help to make setting up local networks easier, allowing you to connect multiple devices together without needing to go through a complex configuration process. The terms "Gigabit" ...

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Reader Stuart Landay would like to combine wireless and wired networking. He writes: Is it possible to hook up an Ethernet switch to an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station in order to connect more than ...