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If your home network still runs through a Gigabit switch, that switch is the bottleneck between your router and everything ...

Some of the network gear is named simply ‘router’, ‘switch’, etc. You can also tell where a particular device is located just by its IP address. Is there a recommended way to name the equipment? The ...