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 ...

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 ...

Building your Cisco cert lab – if you’re figuring it out for yourself – requires a lot of lateral thinking. You can start by looking at the more inexpensive ...

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 ...