Are you confused about the difference between a hub, a router, and a switch? You’re not alone! These networking devices may ...

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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 ...

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 ...