In the world of high tech, routers and switches are the oft-ignored, older, awkward step-sisters of CE design. It is thus no longer. Cisco has just released a plethora of routers and switches, ranging ...

Cisco has introduced an updated line of Catalyst switches and routers meant to make enterprise networks more programmable, application-centric and optimized for the burgeoning Internet of Everything ...

As it moves from a product culture to a platform culture, Cisco Systems Inc. is also reshaping a common perception of the 39-year-old firm as purely a networking business. It is playing a broader role ...

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a necessary tool for every network administrator. You can easily configure it with just a few commands. SNMP is still the most popular way to monitor ...

Is Cisco gear high-priced but worth the investment because of quality support and advanced features -- or just plain high-priced? Cisco Systems Inc. is the dominant LAN switch vendor, both in the ...

Cisco has reported two vulnerabilities affecting a feature designed to protect software being used in the networking giant's widely deployed switchers and routers. According to a company advisory ...

Vendor revenues from Ethernet switch and router markets fell 14 percent, a seven-year low, to $9.1 billion in Q1 2020, Synergy Research Group said. The first quarter always drops substantially ...

Many administrators forget—or don't even realize—that they can configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on Cisco IOS routers and switches. David Davis discusses the pros and cons of this ...