Both a modem and a router are essential when it comes to a wireless internet connection in your home. Learn their uses and how they differ.

Both scenarios are 'wrong', you should only ever have one NAT router per network.* If you disable routing in the first router, and use it as a modem only, then you should use the WAN port on the ...

The Local Area Network (LAN) and the Wide Area Network (WAN) are both types of data networks. Their main difference is in scale, with LANs intended for communication within a room or building and ...

2) Cable vs. DSL was a tough call. Both work well. DSL won simply because it was a roughly equivalent price, and, for whatever reason, the performance seemed non-scientifically to be a bit better ...

As users rely ever more on wireless LANs for network access, some IT groups find the majority of costly wired ports now lie idle. It's time, they say, to rethink the network's edge.

As regular readers may recall, Comcast is my broadband Internet (WAN) service provider. And regular readers may also recall that MoCA is one of the LAN technologies in current use in my home ...

A LAN shouldn't be confused with a WAN, a wide area network, which is basically a bunch of LANs connected together. Ordinary Ethernet LANs offer data transfer rates ranging between 10 and 100Mbps.

Before Wi-Fi became ubiquitous, Ethernet was the way to link devices together. By running Ethernet cables in a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), you could send traffic back and ...

Here are the differences between Cat6, Cat7 and Cat8 ethernet cables for business networks, their features, applications and how to select the right one. For organizations interested in investing in ...

The differences between each type of cable can get very complicated and have a lot to do with network standards, but we'll tell you just what you need to know: how they'll practically affect the ...