There’s a common lament among people who switch to Macs, especially those coming over from the Linux and Unix worlds, that goes something like this: “Mac people are willing to drop an insane amount of ...

The best network monitoring tools include Zabbix, Datadog, and Cacti. Compare features, pricing, and supported platforms among our top picks. If you combine enterprise network monitoring tools with ...

Every network adapter has what is called a Media Access Control address that uniquely identifies it. Think of it as an ID. Having to manually go to every computer on the network, and taking the time ...

Homebrew is a macOS package manager that lets users install and manage UNIX tools and 3rd party software. Here's how to get started. Unlike most UNIX/Linux-based systems, macOS doesn't provide a ...

Wi-Fi is the backbone of my home network. I have a decent router — ASUS RT-AX88U, which I tweaked to get the best speeds I pay for. Speed tests show solid speeds. While outages are rare, I assumed I ...

Network discovery tools help admins find devices, make maps of the network, keep track of devices, control who can use them, and manage the network better. If you don't know what devices are on your ...

iperf3 is a network throughput tool used to measure the performance of the network your Mac is using. Here's how to use it in the macOS Terminal app. iperf is a UNIX memory, network throughput, and ...

Running your home network can be as simple as a router and a few wireless clients or as complex as a multi-node configuration with VLANs, switches, access points, and a custom router and firewall.

Network devices control how traffic can travel across the network and have security monitoring features. Refine and preserve your settings by managing network device configurations. Network devices ...

The Mac Evaluation Utility is an Apple tool most people never experience, but it is very useful for IT teams, making it a lot easier to see what they must do with their existing deployments to bring ...

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 ...