Whenever you see a box with a few Ethernet ... word “hub”! Fortunately, it’s simpler than it may seem. A router is a smart device, typically with an OS, that ties two or more networks ...

A network hub that has intelligence built into firmware. Typically an Ethernet hub, it responds to management queries for statistics and to commands for setting the configuration. Managed Ethernet ...

All new computers and most network devices support Gigabit Ethernet. GbE transmits full duplex from point to point using Ethernet switches and half duplex in a shared Ethernet hub environment (see ...

More bandwidth as Ethernet accelerates beyond 1 Terabit, better optical connections, and optimization for AI and HPC workloads are on the way. 2024 was a banner year for Ethernet, which has been a ...

The two devices that first got me interested in USB-C hubs were my iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. With the iPad, the attraction was a single device that could connect an external display, support Gigabit ...

Although via hubs, this cabling topology was eventually adopted for Ethernet, too, the networking world does owe a debt of gratitude for Token Ring being implemented in a logical, more stable ...