Network testers are ideal for IDing bad cabling, helping to troubleshoot network issues, estimating cable lengths and determining cable rates. These tools from Fluke Networks, NETSCOUT, and SignalTEK ...

A smartphone can be a key part of a network troubleshooting toolkit. When maintenance is required, network pros most often make changes from a desktop PC or laptop. But an iPhone or Android phone can ...

We widely use speed test software to check our internet connection speed, using tools like speed test, speakeasy, etc. When it comes to LAN, hard drive or USB drive speed tests, there is no better ...

One thing about building home local area networks (LANs) is that the more you add to it, the more things can go wrong. Even when things are running smoothly, I still want to know what's going on so I ...

I'm not a dedicated networking guy, but I'm frequently called on to figure out whether a given network jack in my building is active, and to retrieve its CDP data if it is. At the moment I've got an ...

Managing a network could be a hard task without proper information about what is happening on your network. There are some free Network Monitoring Tools that allow network admins to check out ...

Computerworld recently showcased 10 great free network management tools. Readers responded with some of their own favorites, so I’m going to take a look at those tools and report on their capabilities ...

Videoconferencing has revealed to all of us how good—or poor—our Internet connections really are. However, if you’re just loading Web pages or reading email, it’s unlikely you can get a sense of ...

BLOOMINGDALE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PCTEL, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCTI), a leader in Performance Critical TELecom solutions, announced precision scanning receivers for testing 5G networks. The new HBflex™ ...

In our last 10-Gig roundup, we used Spirent Communications’ SmartMetrics traffic analyzers within a beefy SmartBits 6000B chassis to generate 10-Gig traffic streams and manage our QoS and advanced ...