Meraki is a Cloud-Managed IT company based in San Francisco, California which was purchased by Cisco Systems in December 2012. Cisco Meraki provides networking products which are configured and managed through a cloud-based web portal. These products include MX Security Appliances, MS Network Switches, MR Wireless Access Points, MV Wireless Cameras and more recently, IOT […]
8 Best Wired Routers for Home and Small Business Networks
In the market of networking devices, you can find both wireless routers (just like the WiFi devices we have in our homes) and wired routers which can be great performers in both small home networks and in business environments as well. In this article I have researched some great wired router models for both home […]
10 Best Hardware Firewalls for Home and Small Business Networks (2021)
On this website I have written tens of articles about enterprise level firewalls (especially Cisco ASA) but many people are interested to learn about the best hardware firewalls for home or small business networks, so this is what I’ll focus in this article. Firewalls are designed to monitor incoming and outgoing traffic, helping to keep […]
Fortinet Fortigate 30E vs 50E/51E vs 60E/61E/60F – Firewall Comparison
Fortinet has managed to become one of the top industry leaders in security infrastructure in a relatively short amount of time. In many cases they have managed to displace other traditional security vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint etc by offering more cost effective and flexible solutions. For example, in the company that I work […]
10 Best Computer Networking Books for Beginners & Experts
I have read tens of books (both in ebook format and also hard copy textbooks) in my networking professional career over the last 18 years. In fact, all of my preparation for my Cisco and other IT certifications was based on book studying (in addition to hands-on practice of course). Personally, I believe that having […]
Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway (USG) Vs Edgerouter 4/Lite
Ubiquiti manufactures networking products (routers, switches, wireless etc) that can serve in a broad range of implementation cases, from Home networks up to large Enterprise environments. The USG (UniFi Security Gateway) and EdgeRouter devices are two product lines that target a similar market – I would say the SOHO and SMB enterprise market (although there […]
Best Ethernet Switches of 2021 – Gigabit-Managed-Unmanaged
Ethernet Switches are the backbone of any network, no matter if it’s a home, office or enterprise network. Even though most of our communication nowadays is carried out wirelessly (WiFi, Mobile 3G-4G-5G etc), there ARE a lot of cases whereby network connectivity has to be implemented the “old-school” wired way. And that’s where Ethernet Switches […]