r/networking is a subreddit with 456k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses networking, config, router, fiber, and failover, and they frequently recommend/review firewalls, poe switch, and firewall.
Enterprise Networking Design, Support, and Discussion.
Enterprise Networking --
Routers, switches, wireless, and firewalls. Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, and more are welcome.
Popular Themes in r/networking
#1
Solution Requests
: "Enterprise firewall RFP in 2026, what criteria are you using beyond the Gartner Magic Quadrant?"
6 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Network Lead moving on to bigger and better things, need advice"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Struggling with Parameter PaloAlto FW"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Looking for unique networking project ideas for a project"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Blog/Project Post Friday!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/networking
#1
Networking
14 posts
#2
Config
3 posts
#3
Router
3 posts
#4
Fiber
2 posts
#5
Failover
2 posts
#6
Switch
2 posts
#7
Test
1 post
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
: "How often do you see bad cables or bad access ports?"
17 posts
#2
Troubleshooting
: "Windows 11 KB5127648 KB5126646 breaks EAP-PEAP"
14 posts
#3
Security
: "What's your favorite firewall?"
11 posts
#4
Career Advice
: "Senior Network Engineers of Reddit - what percentage of time in Meetings vs Hands on Work"
11 posts
#5
Design
: "Learning vxlan evpn"
8 posts
#6
Routing
: "ISP BGP community record tracking (internal)"
4 posts
#7
Wireless
: "Optimum Free Wifi Accsess Point"
3 posts
#8
Meta
: "help with ciena waveserver AI cabling"
2 posts
#9
Moronic Monday
: "Moronic Monday!"
2 posts
#10
Monitoring
: "Struggling with Parameter PaloAlto FW"
1 post
Member Growth in r/networking
Yearly
+55k members(13.8%)
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Last updated: October 26, 2026