Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When set up correctly, virtual LANs improve the performance of busy networks. VLANs can group client devices that communicate ...

Current-generation virtual networking comes in three flavors, each of which has significant infrastructure implications. We hear a lot about "virtual networks" these days, despite the fact that ...

Listening to camera manufacturers promote the latest and greatest IP video products leads installers to believe that the use of VLAN’s is the solution to IT professionals bandwidth consumption ...

Virtual networking is the abstraction of network resources from the underlying physical network infrastructure. A virtual network is the logical representation of the physical hardware, such as the ...

Despite relatively limited revenue growth for vendors – caused by steep drops in per unit pricing – the wireless LAN market is growing like crazy. Unit sales continue to grow at a double digit pace.

Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) provide means for building Layer 2 communication on top of existing IP networks. VPLS can be built using various approaches. However, when building a ...

Since Apple sunsetted macOS’s remote network connector, Back to My Mac, I have looked for a system that would provide full access to devices on my home LAN when I was outside the network (see “Apple ...

Through a very surprising and unannounced move, the virtual LAN feature of the Garena+ Client has been blocked for the users of certain countries. These players will not be able to use Garena+ for ...

Also called a "VLAN," it is a logical subgroup within a local area network that is created via software rather than manually moving cables in the wiring closet. It combines user stations and network ...

A virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical overlay network that groups together a subset of devices that share a physical LAN, isolating the traffic for each group. A LAN is a group of computers or other ...