Skipping the router to connect your NAS to your PC cuts your NAS off from the internet.

I stopped trusting gaming routers for traffic management after learning what a managed switch actually does.

Give your LAN the speed boost it needs.

While routers, switches and hubs are all network devices, they all serve different purposes. A network hub is a node that broadcasts data to every computer or Ethernet-based device connected to it. A ...

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