Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

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 ...

Nortel recently announced a couple of stand-alone Layer 2 Ethernet switches for small and midsized businesses. The BayStack 325 switches each have 24 ports of 10/100M bit/sec copper-based Ethernet in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A networking topology choice that is easily misunderstood. There are many questions that come to ...

Network technologies have come and gone, but the Ethernet switch has survived and continues to evolve, currently making its move to 40G and 100G. Here’s a roundup of our latest and most evergreen ...

The easiest way to understand the difference between a network switch and a router is to consider how "smart" they are, or their ability to intelligently connect devices together. A network switch isn ...

A network switch that analyzes layer 4 and layer 7 data in the packets. Also called a "Web switch." See layer 4-7 and Web switch. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...

My first post to this board, read through a lot, seems like a lot of great people here. Anyhow, cut to the chase: I am setting up a mining facility with over 500 mining rigs. I have basic to mid-level ...

Layers 7 through 4 are geared more to the application than the lower layers, which are designed to move packets from one place to another no matter what they contain. This top layer defines the ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Big Switch Networks describes itself as the cloud-first networking company. The firm focuses on what public cloud ...