I manage a small network for my Church (~15 devices), but are looking to segment the network, mostly for security reasons. We run a Radio Station and would like to separate the Radio Systems and the ...

Using a VLAN -- or Virtual Local Area Network -- to segregate the traffic on your router provides added security and performance for devices connected to your LAN. While a LAN is determined by the ...

Currently we have a Cisco 5500 Catalyst Switch in our building on our main floor. We have a Cisco 2500 router as the default router for all our clients which knows info about our other buildings, as ...

I stopped trusting gaming routers for traffic management after learning what a managed switch actually does.

My home router now has 4GB of RAM and unlimited upgrades.

Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

A virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical overlay network that groups together a subset of devices that share a physical LAN, isolating the traffic for each group. A LAN is a group of computers or other ...

Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...

Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...