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In the computer networking world, the three most ubiquitous pieces of equipment are modems, routers, and switches. These are used everywhere from the datacenter hosting Google to the internet ...

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 ...

A modem and router work in tandem to deliver you an internet connection. Even if the modem and router are combined in the same hardware, they serve distinct functions. The modem communicates with the ...

It’s annoying when you run out of Ethernet ports on your router. That, or when you have a home entertainment center and want wired connections for all your devices, but you don’t want to string a ...

Page 3: NETGEAR Orbi Home Mesh WiFi System: Setup & Performance Page 4: NETGEAR Orbi Home Mesh WiFi System: Final Thoughts Mesh networking is starting to take a foothold in the home market, but the ...

Netgear has pushed out a heap of new 802.11n networking devices today, including routers, modem routers and USB adapters. The WNR2000 and DGN2000 routers are both backward-compatible with WiFi b/g, ...

When you sign a contract with an internet provider, they'll typically send you a modem and a router in the mail. But which is which? And how are they different? A modem and a router work in tandem ...

This morning a really strange issue cropped up. All devices on my network that are connected to a switch (just your standard SOHO switch) cannot see the router anymore. My setup is Cable Modem -> ...