As more applications come onto the local area network (LAN), it is time to look into simple and immediate ways to expand the network’s ability to take on heavier traffic. The argument is simple: More ...

When it comes to wired networks, you'll often hear people using "LAN cables" and "Ethernet cables" interchangeably, but are ...

Ethernet is the most common type of local area network (LAN) technology, and it involves a hardwired connection to the internet. Ethernet comes in several varieties including Fast Ethernet, Gigabit ...

For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on our annual LANs Technology Tour event. This year’s theme is “Orchestrating Your Network Assets,” which having just returned from our recent spate of tours ...

Been doing a bit of renovating? Before you install the plasterboard and start painting, consider spending an afternoon to run a local area network (LAN) through your house. LANs are becoming ...

LAN-as-a-utility services are usually outcome-based, with the manufacturer retaining direct ownership of network monitoring. New entrants who have designed hardware to be nearly “self-monitoring” may ...

Ever get the feeling all your streaming problems would be solved if only your streams were limited to a local area network (LAN)? Video streaming on a LAN looks great, primarily because you can encode ...

Ananda Networks Ltd. is emerging from stealth mode today armed with $6 million in seed funding and a new cloud-based Secure Global Local Area Network product that it says helps ensure a faster ...

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Cato Networks, a specialist in wide-area network (WAN) and secure access service edge (SASE) solutions, is turning its attention to local area networks (LANs) with “the first complete convergence” of ...

Why it matters: Users with multiple computers have probably needed to install much of the same software and perhaps the same games across all systems, drastically increasing bandwidth usage. Valve ...