XDA Developers on MSN

Why a managed switch is a smart home networking upgrade

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

What Is a Network Switch? I Spoke With a Netgear Expert to Find Out

Trisha Jandoc was an associate writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on ...
Ars Technica

How do I Make my Dual LAN PC Act as a Switch?

ok basically I have a PC 2ith 2 LAN ports. One of the ports is hooked up to my home router via like a 100foot cable (I cannot and will not use wireless as it is way way to unreliable) and on my PC ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Some more advanced features to enable on your managed switch (that aren't VLANs)

Say hello to Quality of Service, Link Aggregation, Access Control Lists, Spanning Tree Protocol, and IGMP Snooping.
Ars Technica

How to connect 4 LAN ports on NAS to two switches?

1. HP 48 port switch (192.168.2.x) connected to router. 2. Netgear 10GbE switch (192.168.2.x) 3. Qnap TS-870 PRO NAS with two x 1GbE ports and two x 10GbE ports. I want this NAS on the same subnet as ...