Category Archives: Enterprise Network

Best Gigabit Switches to Set up Your Home Network

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Admin

If you expect to provide your devices with a wired internet connection that is faster and more stable but your router only has a few Ethernet ports, you should get the best gigabit switch for your home network. When you … Continue reading →

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What Is Open Networking and How Does It Benefit Customers?

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Sophie.Yang

Open networking possesses distinct interpretations in different fields. It gradually picked up steam when adopted in open network switching, attracting flocks of vendors to take a share from the giant and burgeoning market. What is open networking? This article facilitates … Continue reading →

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FS.COM N5850-48S6Q VS. Cisco Nexus 3172PQ 48-Port 10Gbe Switch

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Sophie.Yang

What do you care most about a data center switch? The number of ports? The switch class? Or the operating system? Here is a comparison of two 48-port 10gbe switches from FS.COM and Cisco. Let’s see what the vendors value … Continue reading →

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Why Cumulus Linux Is Popular Among White Box Switches?

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Sophie.Yang

The network switch has now grown in the same way that the server was developed in the market. Proprietary switches are now challenged by the white box switches that bring open source software. There are many network operation systems that … Continue reading →

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ONIE: Why It Is Special for Bare Metal Switch?

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Sophie.Yang

Have you ever wondered that one day you could customize switches like the way you configure your own PC? It is actually happening. As vendors researches and develops switch structures by decoupling software from hardware, bare metal switch come into … Continue reading →

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Switch Stacking Tutorial of 48-port Stackable Switch

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Sophie.Yang

As switch stacking, the premium feature of few network switches, evolves as a core competence of Ethernet switches in the market, vendors strives to release varies stackable switches and produce switch stacking tutorials for customers. This post will take FS … Continue reading →

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Stackable Switch or Chassis Switch On the Network Edge?

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Admin

Network edge infrastructures can collect, transmit and record data passing the network. The infrastructures include gateways, routers, and switches. The switches on the network edge are located at the meeting point of two networks. The edge switches are closer to end-user … Continue reading →

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Fast Ethernet vs Gigabit Ethernet

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Admin

Ethernet is a group of networking technologies, which is used to connect multiple systems to develop a Local Area Network (LAN). Many types of Ethernet are there for use, but Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet are two main types which are … Continue reading →

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What Is Access Switch and Why Do We Need It?

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Admin

The Cisco hierarchical model, also known as the hierarchical internetworking model, is a three-layer model for network design which is widely used in industry. It divides enterprise networks into three layers: core, distribution and access layer. As the lowest level … Continue reading →

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RJ45 Port vs SFP Port: Differences of Connecting Switches

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Admin

In computer networking, Gigabit Ethernet is an Ethernet technology broadly used in local area network (LAN) for transmitting Ethernet frames at 1Gbps. Usually, the Gigabit Ethernet supports optical fiber connections to transmit information at a relatively high speed over long distance. … Continue reading →

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