I have a Synology 6600 router, and I love it's OS and feature set, but it only has 1 2.5Gb port, and I just got 2.5G fiber service at my house so I'd really like to take advantage of all the speed to ...

The set up is a little weird. I won't get into why, but the PCs are spread all over the house and the switch and router are not physically anywhere near each other. I have run a lot of cat 5e and cat ...

An average home router typically has 4-5 Ethernet ports, and while they suffice if most devices are connected wirelessly, the moment you think of switching to Ethernet connectivity, the ports can ...

While routers, switches and hubs are all network devices, they all serve different purposes. A network hub is a node that broadcasts data to every computer or Ethernet-based device connected to it. A ...

If your router comes with one or more Ethernet ports labeled 2.5G, here's what the label means, what they're for, and how to best utilize them.