When you use your computer on your home or office network, there's a lot happening in the background. To connect to another device on your network and use the internet, you're using two pieces of ...

I have a linksys 4 port switch/router which has served me well, but I now have more than 4 PCs I want on the network (main box, laptop, home theatre, wife's box and playing with SCSI box). I know I ...

It’s time to wrap up (hoorah!) this spring’s foray into the question of what to put in your CCNA lab. I hope that you’ve found the series useful. Today, I’ll touch on a few final points with switches, ...

I am using a TP-Link all-in-one-router/AP and would like to switch the router to something more secure. I'd first build it to the 1gb inet we have, but would like it to be future proof enough to be ...

A home lab is never "finished", there are always new upgrades to make, new services to install and tinker with, and new ...

For compatibility, a NIC's physical connector size and electrical lane requirement must be smaller than or match your motherboard slot's capabilities. Meanwhile, its PCIe generation can be lower, the ...

After working through a longish discussion about Cisco routers for your CCNA lab, it will be nice to discuss switches. Thankfully, the choice of switches is a lot easier to figure out than the choice ...

Central to the network engineering degree is a series of classes that take place in the network engineering lab. We provide students hands-on assignments building, testing, and operating ...