The other hybrid Cisco switch is the Nexus N9348Y, which has the same Silicon One E100 switch ASIC, but it is surrounded by a pair of the newer generation “Giglio” DPUs from AMD, which were announced ...

Ethernet switch vendors such as 3Com, Force10, Cisco, Extreme, Foundry and HP ProCurve constantly tussle with claims of the highest performance, density and latency. But keep in mind that what's ...

Last time, I mentioned that vendors are offering more products that support IP Version 6, and it happens that Cisco this week unveiled a stackable switch with promised IPv6 support.

The switch and router ASICs themselves are the last bastion of black boxery in the datacenter. You are lucky to find out the process technology used to etch them and to get a SerDes speed and a SerDes ...

I'm doing a bit of research for my boss since we need a gigabit PoE switch. We're looking between a WS-C3560X-24T-L and WS-C3560X-24T-S. The difference is LAN Base vs IP Base. We need to tag ...

Cisco switches can do a lot of things besides just connect regular PCs to the network. That’s why you should use the switch ports optimally — they need a little extra configuration.

3Com Corp. today will announce its highest-performance LAN switch to date, ... He added that the 7700R is priced as much as 25% less than similar switches from Cisco Systems Inc.

When you use your computer on your home or office network, there's a lot happening in the background. Here's the difference between a switch and a router and how they work together.