His ill-advised first try involved directly coupling two switches, frying both in the process. After some research he found that Ethernet hardware manufacturers have considered the need for ...

Assembling a powerful network stack can make you feel like a god of computing, though there are a couple of things you should ...

The switches themselves can be operated in zone 2, while their 100 Mbit/s optical ports connect field devices, such as the Ethernet-enabled IS1+ remote I/O system in zone 1. With the Scalance XC-200 ...

No matter how fast and reliable Wi-Fi gets, having a wired connection is still going to be the best way to make sure you get ...