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 ...

Although switches aren't used commonly by consumers, the devices are a critical piece of many business networks. Switches join computers together into a local area network and are used to determine ...

NEW CASTLE, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FS.COM, a high-speed network solution provider for data centers, enterprises, and telecom networks, has launched a series of switches with rich port types ...

Ethernet switch vendors such as 3Com, Force10, Cisco, Extreme, Foundry and HP ProCurve constantly tussle with claims of the highest performance, density and latency. But keep in mind that what’s ...