As Internet-based communications become increasingly mission-critical, non-deterministic network performance is no longer acceptable. With fiber-optic build out dramatically increasing and network ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Internet Protocol (IP) has emerged over the past decade as the most deployed data communications ...

In the last Byte-Sized Lesson, we looked at Layer 2 switches. Now, we’ll consider the function of a router and what happens when Layer 3—the Network Layer—relays packets. If your facility’s ...

Routers and network switches aren't the same hardware—depending on your setup, you may need both.

Many manufacturing facilities are executing asset digitization projects to incorporate Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity between devices. In many instances, plant-wide and ...

I'm currently using a WRT54G router with Tomato firmware and I have a simple residential dynamic ip address cable modem. The cable modem is in "bridged" mode and the router is set to use DHCP to get ...

Routers accept data packets and forward them to a list of destinations it knows about. These destinations can be other routers, or the intended destination of a computer communicating through the ...