Routers and network switches aren't the same hardware—depending on your setup, you may need both.

You don't need expensive, complicated networking equipment to create a compelling home local area network (LAN). So long as your router and all other connected hardware work together and you have no ...

Expanding connectivity often requires the use of network switches, which play a vital role in connecting devices, enabling seamless data transmission, and facilitating efficient network management.

Arista Networks on Thursday announced that it has acquired Big Switch Networks, a network monitoring and software-defined networking (SDN) pioneer, to give customers better visibility into their cloud ...

In Network World’s first hands-on assessment of the new 10G Ethernet switches, we put boxes from five major vendors through a comprehensive set of performance tests – both 1 and 10 Gigabit flavors of ...

If you work in a home office or have a small business with multiple remote locations, you've probably encountered scenarios when a power disruption or a system fault at the provider occurs, and then ...

On the heels of January reports, Arista Networks revealed during its Q4 2019 earnings call that it has acquired Big Switch Networks to boost network visibility. Data center and large campus networking ...

Juniper is about to put carrier Ethernet switch speculation to rest. Sources say the company on Oct. 18 will unveil the MX-Series, a line of Ethernet-optimized Layer 2-3 routing switches designed for ...

A network switch is a small hardware device that links multiple computers together within one local area network, wide area network and different network topology. Network switches work at Data Link ...

Two moves by open networking vendors this week are likely to chip a little bit more off the monolith of proprietary, appliance-like equipment that still moves most packets around enterprise data ...