A network device that forwards traffic based on layer 3 information at very high speeds. Traditionally, routers, which inspect layer 3, were considerably slower than layer 2 switches. In order to ...

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

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Nortel recently announced a couple of stand-alone Layer 2 Ethernet switches for small and midsized businesses. The BayStack 325 switches each have 24 ports of 10/100M bit/sec copper-based Ethernet in ...

Trisha Jandoc was an associate writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on ...

When integrating a network stack into a new hardware platform and possibly a new operating system, performance is typically a critical design goal. When attempting to optimize network performance, it ...

A network device that integrates routing and switching by forwarding traffic at layer 2 speed using layer 7 (application layer) information. For example, an XML switch can analyze the XML tags at the ...

Start-up Woven Systems this week is expected to launch its 10G Ethernet data center switch — a box the company says one-ups the switching power of Cisco, Force10 Networks and Foundry Networks 10G gear ...

We met Mr. Murphy, of “What can go wrong, will” infamy, in the introduction to failure modes and the discussion of failure modes at the foundation levels. Now we will learn his tricks on shared media ...

In today's AI and high-performance computing (HPC) scenarios, we are increasingly aware of the limitations of traditional TCP/IP networks: as the model ...