Stacking network switches can prove useful when building a local area network (LAN) at home or in the office. If you have many devices to connect, grouping network switches can allow them to share the ...

As we close in on 2006, LAN switching has been a part of enterprise networks for years. Typically, as technology matures the focus moves away from “speeds and feeds” to other areas. Although many ...

There are some ingenious ideas that make people slap their foreheads and ask, “Why didn’t I think of that?” QLogic built the SANbox 5200, its new FC (Fibre Channel) switch around one such idea: ...

When some network architects deploy thousands of LAN ports for users, they use chassis switches at the LAN edge for easier management and failover. Duke University, however, finds better network ...

I'm working for a private company with approx. 100 employees. We're planning for a complete infrastructure overhaul in our HQ to be done within this calendar year, starting from network infrastructure ...