While every enterprise branch office requires LAN and WAN features, an inspection of the communications closet almost always reveals that separate boxes are implemented for each. Adtran is trying to ...

Granted this thread is pretty old, but I read through this entire thread and I'm simply amazed that no one even mentioned bridging. To those of you who suggested that a router can be effective only ...

Different types of private networks are distinguished based on their sizes (in terms of the number of machines), data transfer speeds, and reach. Private networks are networks that belong to a single ...

As recently as a year and a half ago we both regarded cloud computing as more of a media event than anything that was real and that would impact mainstream IT organizations. That is no longer the case ...

A router's wide area network (WAN) port acts as its gateway to other networks, providing an interface for the router to send outgoing traffic over. Computers should not be connected to a router's WAN ...

Cisco today announced two new products to improve service assurance in the wide area network (WAN). It rolled out SD-WAN vAnalytics and Meraki Insight. And it says the products use its intent-based ...

Lumen Technologies, Inc. LUMN has teamed up with Meter to introduce a streamlined, end-to-end networking solution designed for the AI-driven enterprise. The new Lumen x Meter offering brings together ...

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has announced new DNP3 LAN/WAN options for SEL relays. DNP3 is the most popular protocol in North American utilities, and popular in many other parts of ...

Are there any routers out there that have a 2.5gb WAN port and also 2.5gb LAN ports? I have faster than gigabit internet at my place. Wanted to take advantage of it via wire to my desktop. Thanks!