A network device that forwards traffic based on layer 3 information at very high speeds. Traditionally, routers, which inspect layer 3, were considerably slower than layer 2 switches. In order to ...

Foundry Networks announced last week the availability of full Layer 3 support for its FastIron Edge X-series family of stackable, small-form-factor 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches. Foundry indicated that ...

Modern networks are critical for any enterprise. Networks deliver business applications, multimedia messages and key data to end users around the world. A fundamental element that networks have in ...

Foundry Networks Inc. today is unveiling three new 10-Gigabit Ethernet compact modular switches in its SuperX family of hardware. According to Foundry officials in San Jose, the new switches provide ...

With industrial Ethernet fast becoming the network of choice to replace the myriad fieldbuses in both the discrete manufacturing and process industries, your choice of products that form your control ...

Fragment-free switching is also known as runtless switching and is a hybrid of cut-through and store-and-forward switching. Fragment-free switching was developed to solve the late-collision problem. A ...

Case Technology's Layer 3 Ethernet switch makes Lan routers redundant and performs 10 times faster than processor-based Layer 3 switches, Case MD Mark Lunt claimed last week. "By removing the routing ...

A networking topology choice that is easily misunderstood. There are many questions that come to mind when selecting a Layer 2 vs Layer 3 network topology for audio systems. Surprisingly, most of it ...

I'm dealing with layer 3 switching for the first time, as part of moving into a new office. A larger organization has given us some space in their building and is giving us access to their corporate ...