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

My dilemma...<P>I have a router here at home and that's what I use to share internet access among all of the computers. I just configure the router, plug the DSL ...

I have a Synology 6600 router, and I love it's OS and feature set, but it only has 1 2.5Gb port, and I just got 2.5G fiber service at my house so I'd really like to take advantage of all the speed to ...

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets between different networks, or different segments of a local area network. Switches examine each data packet as it is received, determines the ...