These common VLAN missteps can undermine your network security and performance. Discover the pitfalls to avoid.

The average home now has dozens of networked devices, from computers to smart devices and streaming boxes. Each of these comes with different considerations about how they use the network, and that's ...

I manage four Novell servers – two NW6.5sp2 and two NW5.0sp6a. These servers provide services to 5 buildings. These 5 buildings are part of a much larger campus encompassing approximately 40 buildings ...

Our company is utilizing another company’s network equipment from router, firewall and switches (all Cisco product). Recently, We have purchased our own pipe (internet), router and firewall (Cisco ...

A virtual LAN is a logical division of a network that enables devices to communicate as if they are connected to a single switch. These divisions are critical to network security, performance and ...

OK this is probably bread and butter for most of you but it's not something I'm familiar with so.... I have a PAN and right now I have a pair of uplinks going into it from our switch. Each uplink is a ...

A virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical overlay network that groups together a subset of devices that share a physical LAN, isolating the traffic for each group. A LAN is a group of computers or other ...

Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?

Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...

Lately, I’ve heard many mentions, pro and con, of using virtual LANs to solve QoS challenges in wireless LANs. If like me, you’ve been confused by some of this talk, read on. First, several vendors ...