A quick guide to managing a network switch versus a network router from PC Periodicals columnist George Cox.

The easiest way to understand the difference between a network switch and a router is to consider how "smart" they are, or their ability to intelligently connect devices together. A network switch ...

A network switch adds more ports to your router. It's useful if you have a lot of wired devices in one place, or if you want to wire your home for Ethernet.

The routers commonly found in home and small office networks are actually hybrid devices that combine the functionality of a router, network switch and Wi-Fi adapter into a single unit.

Both the Ethernet switch and router spaces are seeing strong revenue growth, driven by such applications as virtualization, cloud computing, and voice and video over IP, according to IDC. Cisco in ...

The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) grew 3.9% year over year in 2014 while the router market contracted -0.6% for the full year, accordin ...