It really says something about the stagnation in home/small office network equipment -- I'm starting to hit the limits of my 1Gb home network and have been looking for an upgrade, but the options are ...

A TechRepublic reader recently e-mailed me to ask about limiting the bandwidth on a Cisco Catalyst switch port. In fact, there are a number of uses for this configuration. Let's take a closer look. A ...

I'm just closing on a new house this week and it has network runs to every room in the house. The runs end in a small patch panel in a closet. There are additional runs that are wired in as phone ...

One way to boost network security is to use Cisco's Port Security feature to lock down switch ports. Learn the basics of port security, and find out how to configure this feature. A growing challenge ...

Cisco has released patches for 34 vulnerabilities mostly affecting its IOS and IOS XE networking software, including three critical remote code execution security bugs. Perhaps the most serious issue ...

Over the last year or so we have shown you pieces of networking hardware that normally reside in the realm of the enterprise network; items like 24 port rack mounted switches, smart switches and of ...

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is gearing up for a "revenue acceleration opportunity" due to a Campus upgrade and refresh cycle after the launch of its next-generation Catalysts switch series, which is ...