Wi-Fi is becoming the dominant networking type, but you still should think about using a network switch to wire up as many of your devices as possible Stacking together switches won't solve all ...

The paper describes how, with a SOPC (System on a Programmable Chip) architecture embedded with a 32-Bit NIOS-II, a Layer 2 Ethernet switch can be implemented in a FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) ...

it is expensive to install as this type of network uses the most cable ... which adds to cost if a hub or switch fails, all the devices connected to it will have no network connection ...

Network switches come in two different flavors: managed, where you have some interface to configure and monitor the equipment, and unmanaged where the device just does what it is supposed to do ...

The networking industry is moving faster than ever before. The reason to expedite the pace lies in the network device disaggregation which leads to the evolution of the white box switch concept. What ...