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

A group of co-workers was trying to hold a meeting in a conference room of our large corporate HQ building. They had wanted to have everybody bring their laptops and collaborate, but since the ...

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 ...

Shared versus dedicated channels. In an Ethernet network, every client, server and network device is wired to a hub or switch. A hub shares the total bandwidth among all users, while a switch provides ...

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 ...