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 ...

It’s annoying when you run out of Ethernet ports on your router. That, or when you have a home entertainment center and want wired connections for all your devices, but you don’t want to string a ...

When a network router doesn't have enough network ports to connect all the necessary devices, a switch can be used to add additional ports. In the case of business networks, switches are often ...

There’s no such thing as a dedicated iSCSI switch because iSCSI storage traffic runs on Ethernet networks. That doesn’t mean, however, that we can’t have a discussion about iSCSI switches as there are ...

Sturdy equipment with a terrific spec and a reasonable price speaks to the soul of this former IT Manager. While the SG3428XMPP isn’t perfect for all scenarios, TP-Link offers enough variations that ...