Forum visitor mustbjones needs a little gentle understanding in regard to routers and hubs. He or she writes: My house is wired with three Ethernet drops fed by the three ports on my router. I got a ...

The three devices commonly used for linking components together on a network are hubs, switches and routers. Though similar in function they differ in capability and utilization. Hubs and switches ...

Many administrators forget—or don’t even realize—that they can configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on Cisco IOS routers and switches. David Davis discusses the pros and cons of this ...

I have a small business network that’s been in place for many years, and we’re finally getting around to a long overdue replacement of a dozen or so old desktop computers. The technician doing the ...

Scientific American presents Tech Talker by Quick & Dirty Tips. Scientific American and Quick & Dirty Tips are both Macmillan companies. Computers talk to each other and to the web in many different ...

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a necessary tool for every network administrator. You can easily configure it with just a few commands. SNMP is still the most popular way to monitor ...