When you have two "NAT routers". Whether double NAT or not. wall--RJ11--router-modem(RM)---LAN-WAN--router(R)----LAN--comps (A Router-Modem(RM) so no WAN port, And a router R which has a WAN port, and ...

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!

When it comes to complexity of network connectors, you have got multiple levels, with a switch (hub) at the bottom and a router at the top. A hub is an astonishingly dumb gadget. It accepts a packet ...

If you're reading this online — and how else could you be reading it? — you're very likely relying on two essential but easily confused devices: the modem and the router. Without them, most people's ...

As regular readers may recall, Comcast is my broadband Internet (WAN) service provider. And regular readers may also recall that MoCA is one of the LAN technologies in current use in my home ...

A router's modem speed is the speed at which it communicates with a modem, while its port speed is the speed at which it communicates with the clients on its local network. Both speeds can act as ...

Netgear, despite its consumer roots, has been making network equipment for small and midsized businesses for years. The ProSafe FVS336G, though awkwardly named, is the result of that experience: it’s ...

Standing in the networking aisle of an electronics retail store, anybody could mistakenly pick up a router instead of an Ethernet switch or vice versa. The product packages as well as the devices ...

When you use your computer on your home or office network, there's a lot happening in the background. To connect to another device on your network and use the internet, you're using two pieces of ...