In the home or office, the Ethernet switch functions as a central station connecting computers, printers and every other wired device to each other. The switch is also wired to the router and modem to ...

Standing in the networking aisle of an electronics retail store, anybody could mistakenly pick up a router instead of an Ethernet switch or vice versa. The product packages as well as the devices ...

A new video from Prosoft Technology provides a detailed explanation of how to determine the best communication method for your industrial networking application. Though its broad use in industrial ...

Today's incumbent service providers are seeking to accommodate increasing demands for bandwidth, security and service level management resulting from the proliferation of LAN-based applications.

We all think of wireless when it comes to smart home and home entertainment—Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Thread, Z-Wave, and what have you—but a surprising number of smart devices depend on good, ...

While there are many ways to connect components in embedded systems, the most prominent are the high speed serial standards of Ethernet, PCI Express, and RapidIO. All of these standards leverage ...

Like many modern devices, the Nintendo Switch packs in Wi-Fi for all your multiplayer and game download needs. Gone are the days of using a link cable to play with friends or even buying games off ...

Using an Ethernet switch allows you to share your Internet connection among multiple devices across an Ethernet cable. A wired connection can give you a performance boost for certain devices, rather ...

Our hacker [Andrew Zonenberg] reports in on his open-source high-speed Ethernet switch. He hasn’t finished yet, but progress has been made. If you were wondering what might be involved in a high-speed ...