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

Trisha Jandoc was an associate writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on ...

A network switch is a small hardware device that links multiple computers together within one local area network, wide area network and different network topology. Network switches work at Data Link ...

Modern networks are critical for any enterprise. Networks deliver business applications, multimedia messages and key data to end users around the world. A fundamental element that networks have in ...

I recently joined a company that has Cisco switches throughout the network. My boss has told me that my first task is to upgrade the switches to the latest available firmware. I have been around Cisco ...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has broadened the range of its Aruba Networking wired and wireless portfolio, along with new distributed services switches, to offload security and network services to ...

Most modern PCs come with a NIC and WNIC built in, providing the option of either connection method. However, mobile devices such as tablets, smartphones and many embedded devices feature only a WNIC, ...