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How to Set Up a LAN Network
Local area network (LAN) is the smaller network, usually within an office base or inside one building, which is used to connect computing resources including the computers, printers, servers, IP phones, or gateways. Connections within the LAN network...
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Pre-terminated Trunk Cable and MTP Cassette Overview
Per-terminated cabling is a popular type of termination method that has been used by the overall network designers. It provides an plug-and-play solution for links between switches, servers, patch panels, and zone distribution areas in the data center....
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Understanding Pre-Terminated Cabling and Network Deployment
Data center nowadays are migrating to high-bandwidth, high-density network infrastructure. This increased network speeds have tighter link budget requirements that can be challenging to achieve with field terminations. Pre-terminated cabling includes...
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Six Questions About Category 6 Cables
Cat 6 cables have been around for over 14 years. When it came out in 2002, this cable gave the first glimpse of the 10 Gigabit networks as a possibility, although planing on cat 6 cabling costs 30% more than cat 5e. In the past few years, hardware costs...
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Cabling Solutions for Cisco Nexus 6004 Switch
Cisco system introduced the Nexus series switch in 2008 that are modular and fixed port network switched designed for the data center. The Cisco Nexus series switches ranges from Nexus 1000v, to the newly released Nexus 9516, which are warmly welcomed...
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Dark Fiber – Is It the Dark Side or the Right Side?
As the optical technology grows more sophisticated and expand into high bandwidth optical backbone connectivity, enterprises are now turning to the private and secure dark fiber network. By leasing dark fibers, network operators can cut down the labor...
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Decoding the Wavelength in Fiber Optics
Wavelength as we have been heard so many times in fiber optics, is not simply the term used to refine the color of the light. The light used in fiber optics in not the one that we can see by our eyes, as we use light in the infrared region which has wavelengths...
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Wavelength-Converting Transponder in DWDM System
Dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) as an emerging technology in fiber optic network, is devoted to increase the capacity of a single fiber, and thus the entire network in an cost effective way. A basic DWDM system typically includes these main...
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What Will Affect the Longevity of Your Fiber Network?
When deploying a fiber network, people nowadays not only appreciate the high-speed broadband services, but the maintenance of how long it will last. After all, optical fiber is a particular type of hair-thin glass with a typical tensile strength that...
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Next Innovation – 25G Ethernet
The traditional migration path from 10G to 40/100G is widely acknowledged by network installer. People are turning to upgrade to 40G using QSFP+ transceiver. However, migrating from 10G to 40G is a big jump, optical technicians wonder if there is a better...
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HP 10G SFP+ Optics Solution
Ratified in 2002, 10GbE standard is the same as previous Ethernet standards in almost every aspect, ensuring interoperability with all existing Ethernet technologies. Although 10G technology has been around for many years, its popularity has been slow....
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Is the GLC-SX-MMD Transceiver Right for Your Network?
Growing businesses typically requires higher-bandwidth networks. It is an unavoidable trend. The old-decade technology like Base-T Ethernet works just fine for small office, but it isn’t sufficient to handle heavier network. Thus if you are in the situation...
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Why Needs Cisco GLC-LH-SM Transceiver
Fiber optic technology has proven itself as an indispensable component for network backbone and other high-demand applications as it generally offers greater bandwidth than traditional copper cable. However, fiber optic cables are made of a specialized...
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Knowing the Features of Pluggable Optical Modules and Optical Patch Cables
Pluggable Optic modules are typically used in systems to leverage the rapid long data transmission distance of which fiber optic networks are capable. To realize the maximum distance, network designers must ensure that the integrating optical networks...
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How Much Do You Know About Push-Pull Patch Cable?
It is known that fiber optic patch cables are normally named after optical connector or the fiber type, thus people can differentiate optical patch cables according to their names. Today a new fiber optic patch cable—push-pull patch cable is developed...
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MPO Cable Testing Overview
Nowadays, the existing bandwidth is not adequate to meet enterprises’ increasing appetite. In the meanwhile, optical technologies like cloud computing, virtualization and storage area networks are all in the fast development, which pushes the further...
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How to Ensure Good Performance of Fiber Optic System?
We all know that transmission system is the key part of a fiber optic system. The performance of transmission system can directly affect the performance of fiber optic system. So what is the transmission system? The transmission system is a system that...
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The Reality of Copper and Fiber Cable
The war between copper and fiber has been raged for years and it is never ended. Copper-based systems maintain the same upgrade path that they have for years, while fiber-optic proponents continue to advocate their sense of superiority, which forces people...
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Some Basics About Migration to 40G Ethernet
Fiber optic links are vital for providing the bandwidth and speed needed to transmit huge amounts of data to and from a large number of sources. Recently more bandwidth is greatly needed to support the use of virtualization and improved space utilization...
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10G Connectivity – Comparing XFP With SFP+
Defined in 2002, XFP (10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable) is a hot-swappable and protocol-independent transceiver for 10G high-speed computer network and telecommunication links. Except for XFP, there are SFP and SFP+ transceivers available for 10G...
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Ribbon Cable Option In Data Center
Data center backbones are migrating to higher cabled fiber counts to meet the increasing system bandwidth needs. Network designers used to specify tight-buffered and loose-tube cable designs for these backbone applications. But in today’s networks, designers...
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Basic Information About Fiber Optic Transceiver
Optical fiber transceivers are also called fiber optic transmitter and receiver, which are used to send and receive optical information in a variety of different applications. The role of the optical module is photoelectric conversion. These optical modules...
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1000BASE-T – Gigabit Over Copper Cabling
With the massive applications of bandwidth-related products in telecommunication networks, people may encounter a dilemma of whether to deploy fiber-based or copper-based infrastructure. Limited budget always comes as an essential factor deciding people’s...
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All about Cisco S-Class Optics
Nowadays, fierce competition among companies and enterprises has accelerated the launching of new products in succession. Of course, there is no exception to Cisco. Cisco S-class optics were launched In December 2014. Many people feel confused about this...
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Netzwerk-Schalter vs Netzwerk-Router vs-Netzwerk-Firewall
Es gibt drei grundlegende Geräte, die in fast jedem Netzwerk — Netzwerkschalter, Netzwerk-Router und Netzwerk-Firewall eingesetzt werden. Sie können in ein Gerät für kleine Netzwerke wie für die Heimvernetzung integriert werden, aber für größere Netzwerke...
