Are you confused about the difference between a hub, a router, and a switch? You’re not alone! These networking devices may seem similar, but they serve different purposes and play distinct roles in ...

I'm setting up a networking closet in a house we just purchased and need a few suggestions for network hardware and furniture. The builder wired every room with Cat5e and RG6. There's also cabling for ...

If anyone has purused the Networking forum you would have seen that we are in the middle of a massive change in our network with the introduction of the Trusted Internet Connection. This effort has ...

Rackula is a browser-based visualizer for rack layouts, designed specifically for home lab enthusiasts. It lets you design a ...

Our simple network rack is an easy project that can really clean up a home network installation. Just a few square feet of floor space now keeps our cable modem firewall, Ethernet switch, server, ...

In the computer networking world, the three most ubiquitous pieces of equipment are modems, routers, and switches. These are used everywhere from the datacenter hosting Google to the internet ...

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 ...

Joel is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, networking and messaging. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @joelsnyder. Networks empower people to do their jobs, to ...