r/networking is a subreddit with 446k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses networking, worst, struggling, network, and tired, and they frequently recommend/review firewalls, poe switch, and firewall.
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Enterprise Networking --
Routers, switches, wireless, and firewalls. Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, and more are welcome.
Popular Themes in r/networking
#1
Advice Requests
: "New site. Sanity checking vendor choice before I commit (Fortinet/Aruba/Juniper)"
10 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "RADIUS Authentication recommendations?"
6 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Plan to build tech bussiness in networking"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "For those who do long-term travel deployment contracts... how does your contract compare? (Trying to gauge what's normal.)"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "Thinking about freelancing"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/networking
#1
Networking
: "Secure Networking design Book recomendation"
23 posts
#2
Worst
12 posts
#3
Struggling
12 posts
#4
Network
9 posts
#5
Tired
8 posts
#6
Struggled
8 posts
#7
Annoying
8 posts
#8
Cisco
8 posts
#9
Hate
6 posts
#10
Hard
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/networking
Firewalls
67 reviews
#1
Fortinet
3.5★ from 24 reviews
#2
Palo Alto
4.5★ from 15 reviews
#3
WatchGuard
3.5★ from 6 reviews
Poe Switch
66 reviews
#1
Mikrotik
4.4★ from 10 reviews
#2
Cisco
4.5★ from 8 reviews
#3
Juniper
4.6★ from 5 reviews
Firewall
57 reviews
#1
Fortinet
3.9★ from 18 reviews
#2
Palo Alto Networks
4.3★ from 12 reviews
#3
WatchGuard
3.3★ from 4 reviews
Flair Used in r/networking
#1
Other
: "It's 2026, what are you using for Virtual Network labbing? GNS3, EVE-NG, CML, something else?"
55 posts
#2
Design
: "[Question] 169.254.0.0/16 In Routing Space"
38 posts
#3
Career Advice
: "Does anyone else feel like one day everyone will realize you're not as good as they think? Does that feeling ever goes away?"
33 posts
#4
Troubleshooting
: "Question for network engineers regarding link fail over."
24 posts
#5
Routing
: "Total routes in your organization"
13 posts
#6
Security
: "How can I force internal network traffic to pass through a firewall while keeping the core switch at Layer 3?"
10 posts
#7
Switching
: "PSA - HPE/Aruba Lifetime Warranty Ending"
6 posts
#8
Wireless
: "How do you guys deal with rogue aps from end users?"
4 posts
#9
Moronic Monday
: "Moronic Monday!"
4 posts
#10
Blogpost Friday
: "Blog/Project Post Friday!"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/networking
Yearly
+57k members(14.6%)
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Last updated: July 25, 2026