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 ...

New stackable switch offers decent bandwidth at a great price. Stackable switches – such as Nortel’s new BayStack 5510 – are gaining a lot of momentum in enterprise networks because they let you buy a ...

Looking at the switch as a whole, size is pretty much set by its rack mount capability and costs 1U of rack space. The bulk of the switch is built into its depth measuring 31cm deep. On the left hand ...

Alcatel this month is scheduled to start offering stackable 10/100M bit/sec Ethernet switches that pack much of the punch of enterprise chassis-based boxes. CALABASAS, CALIF. – Alcatel this month is ...

Extreme Networks has launched a set of gigabit Ethernet switches to address the rising mobility and virtualization requirements of campus and data center networks. The company's new Summit X460 ...

i have 2 cisco smb sg500-52 switches, and just bought the cisco twinax cables to stack the devices. one of the devices is not connected at all, and the other has several devices connected to it. i ...

A TechRepublic reader recently e-mailed me to ask about limiting the bandwidth on a Cisco Catalyst switch port. In fact, there are a number of uses for this configuration. Let's take a closer look. A ...

One way to boost network security is to use Cisco's Port Security feature to lock down switch ports. Learn the basics of port security, and find out how to configure this feature. A growing challenge ...