When you use your computer on your home or office network, there's a lot happening in the background. To connect to another device on your network and use the internet, you're using two pieces of ...

The fix is simple: just use managed switches for anything that sits between your router and the rest of your gear. Unmanaged ...

I have a linksys 4 port switch/router which has served me well, but I now have more than 4 PCs I want on the network (main box, laptop, home theatre, wife's box and playing with SCSI box). I know I ...

It’s time to wrap up (hoorah!) this spring’s foray into the question of what to put in your CCNA lab. I hope that you’ve found the series useful. Today, I’ll touch on a few final points with switches, ...

After working through a longish discussion about Cisco routers for your CCNA lab, it will be nice to discuss switches. Thankfully, the choice of switches is a lot easier to figure out than the choice ...

We've covered how upgrading to 10 GbE for the home LAN can transform your networked experience, but it's worth reiterating just how incredible it is to have this much bandwidth available for content ...

This lab is used to teach courses in network security and wireless security. It is equipped with high-performance workstations, state-of-the-art networking equipment such as routers and switches, and ...

Central to the network engineering degree is a series of classes that take place in the network engineering lab. We provide students hands-on assignments building, testing, and operating ...