First and foremost I'm attempting to isolate one machine in a small manufacturing business from all others. I set up this machine with Ubuntu and a web browser, nothing more, and it will be used for ...

It's never too late to split up your network.

I'd like to virtualize an opnsense firewall on my Proxmox box. My mobo's onboard NIC has two 10G ports, and I think I will need to add a third (have an Intel 1G NIC lying around somewhere here) for ...

Walk down the spec sheet of almost any managed switch, smart switch, or prosumer router, and you'll find VLAN support listed near the top. It's one of the most widely shipped features in home ...

It's easy to see why virtual LANs have become popular on networks of all sizes. Imagine having multiple separate physical networks within a single organization — without the headache of managing ...

To begin, we must have a more formal definition of what a LAN is. LAN stands for local area network. Hubs and switches usually are thought of as participating in a single LAN. Normally, if you connect ...

Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

The typical small business probably has one or more unmanaged network switches to connect their PCs, servers and storage. While those unmanaged switches may still have value in parts of the network, ...

It’s easy to see why virtual LANs have become popular on networks of all sizes. Imagine having multiple separate physical networks within a single organization — without the headache of managing ...

Managed switches offer essential features like VLANs, redundancy protocols, and traffic monitoring that unmanaged switches simply cannot provide, making them the preferred choice as industrial ...