Stacking network switches can prove useful when building a local area network (LAN) at home or in the office. If you have many devices to connect, grouping network switches can allow them to share the ...

VARs will find these new switches useful in a wide variety of situations, such as smaller networks, branch offices, smaller wiring closets and space-constrained data centers. These units are designed ...

There are some ingenious ideas that make people slap their foreheads and ask, “Why didn’t I think of that?” QLogic built the SANbox 5200, its new FC (Fibre Channel) switch around one such idea: ...

As we close in on 2006, LAN switching has been a part of enterprise networks for years. Typically, as technology matures the focus moves away from “speeds and feeds” to other areas. Although many ...

University says it has saved thousands of dollars using Cisco Catalyst 3750-series stackable switches When some network architects deploy thousands of LAN ports for users, they use chassis switches at ...

If you stack it, they will come. At least that’s the new guiding enterprise philosophy of 3Com Corp. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company jumped out of the big-enterprise switching business two years ...