With network switches being one-time purchases that can last for decades instead of needing to be replaced once every year, you'll have to be extra cautious when grabbing one for your computing setup.

Routers are typically the first thing that comes to mind when you think about home network setups. But when my 2.5G switch broke down a few months ago, I ended up splurging my money on a new network ...

Switches connect network segments, providing full-duplex communication, valuable network performance data and efficient use of network bandwidth.

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 ...

I started writing a longer post and realized that a lot of the information about my investigation of my new home’s network may not be interesting to everyone or relevant to my questions so here’s the ...

One of the best ways to extend your wired network at home is to pick up a network switch. To keep it simple, a switch is like a hub.

There are various ways to work together in a network based on Windows 11. The simplest is to set up a shared workgroup, a kind of team of computers with equal rights. The workgroup in Windows 11 ...