The easiest way to understand the difference between a network switch and a router is to consider how "smart" they are, or their ability to intelligently connect devices together. A network switch isn ...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's networking arm, Aruba, has revealed that it has partnered with the John Chambers-backed startup Pensando for a new switch. The Aruba CX 10000 Series Switch aims to ...

Ever look at the back of your router and ask yourself “WHY!?!?” There are only four ethernet ports there. Four. How can anyone live and thrive with such a measly amount of wired network connections?

As Frank Frankovsky, chairman of OCP, said: We are working together, in the open, to design and build smarter, more scalable, more efficient datacenter technologies — but we're still connecting them ...

Dell’Oro Group data shows Celestica, Nvidia, and Arista dominating hyper-competitive market to meet the relentless demand ...

I finished my basement last year and ran Ethernet cables everywhere — over a dozen drops total. My Ubiquiti Dream Machine had been handling everything on the network side without complaint. Internet ...

In April 2016, NewTek released NDI version 1.0 as a way to send audio and video signals over gigabit Ethernet. The NewTek TriCaster was the first device to support this protocol, and over time, ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of ...

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Armis Inc. have uncovered five critical network switch vulnerabilities in the implementation of Transport Layer Security in devices used in millions of enterprises.

Given the whole tp-link back door router debacle, I’m looking to replace the current tp link managed switch and upgrade to a small home network switch (not rack mounted) 8 port managed switch with ...

Coming straight to you from the “Department of Redundant Redundancies” comes this clever hack that turns a Switch into a switch. More specifically, a network switch. Not even a half bad one either, ...