You may need to monitor, or mirror, a port on an Ethernet switch to debug a data protocol, check for inappropriate use of your network or resolve a security breach. Using a monitor port on a network ...

I have often wondered why manufacturers of Ethernet switches severely restrict the number of SPAN/port-monitoring sessions they allow to be configured. I can only assume that they are limited because ...

In a previous article, I wrote about/confessed what a mess my home/home lab networking was and discussed various tools I used to discover what devices were connected to my home network and where they ...

In this series of articles, I am looking at how to monitor my home/home lab LAN. In my first article, I probed my network to see what devices were on it and where they were located. In my next article ...

Weave Network Topology Agent from Articul8 ingests network logs, configuration files, and traffic data and transforms it into ...

Upgrading to a managed switch for my home unlocked increased control, VLAN support, link aggregation, and other advanced ...

A new app makes physical network status information available to industrial network administrators no matter where they are. Like many industrial processes, applications in the food and beverage ...

The typical small business probably has one or more unmanaged network switches to connect their PCs, servers and storage. While those unmanaged switches may still have value in parts of the network, ...

Look at your router. Now back to me. Now back to your router. And back to me. Your router isn't me, but it could be improved with a managed network switch. This is a smart switch that can provide ...

Here's what you need to know about the differences between a managed and unmanaged switch when looking to create a Local Area Network. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...