r/networking is a subreddit with 452k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses worst, switch, poe, router, and vpn, 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
Advice Requests
: "Book recommendation for learning internet structure?"
10 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How can i reset forgotten Bootload Password?"
4 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Senior project ideas: Networks + Security + Accessibility for the visually impaired?"
4 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Laid off in April, issues finding relevant work"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "Building a 10–15 person “Entrepreneur Avengers” group. Who wants in?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/networking
#1
Worst
5 posts
#2
Switch
5 posts
#3
Poe
3 posts
#4
Router
3 posts
#5
Vpn
3 posts
#6
Nokia
: "TOday , Passed Nokia Data Center Fabric Fundamentals exam"
3 posts
#7
Sites
: "How do you get smart hands at Sites where you have zero staff?"
3 posts
#8
Vlan
2 posts
#9
Hp
2 posts
#10
Fiber
2 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
: "What is going on with Cisco lately?"
36 posts
#2
Career Advice
: "How do you guys deal with vendors wanting to butter you up?"
23 posts
#3
Troubleshooting
: ""AI assisted" pcap analysis?"
21 posts
#4
Design
: "Can VxLAN be stretched over the internet?"
18 posts
#5
Wireless
: "Enterprise High-Density WiFi or Garbage?"
8 posts
#6
Routing
: "ibgp loopback?"
7 posts
#7
Switching
: "Is this school's topology done correct?"
7 posts
#8
Security
: "POS vendors are the natural enemy of a secure topology"
3 posts
#9
Moronic Monday
: "Moronic Monday!"
2 posts
#10
Monitoring
: "How much of your syslog volume is genuinely worth keeping?"
2 posts
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Yearly
+56k members(14.0%)
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Last updated: September 16, 2026