...to secure and unsecure networks through just one keyboard, monitor, and mouse. • High port-to-port electrical isolation, which facilitates data separation (RED/BLACK). • NSA tested and TEMPEST approved for and by the U.S. Air Force. • The low radia...

...differences. If it's a network component such as a switch, it comes in a heavy metal case. It also has special shielding, a modified power supply, and perhaps a few other modifications from the standard model. If you need to open the device's case,...

...HP®, and 3Com®, sell network devices with SFP slots that lock out transceivers from other vendors. Because the price of SFPs—especially Gigabit SFPs and 10GBASE SFP+ and XFP transceivers—can add significantly to the price of a switch, this lock-o...

...HD video across a network, you need to understand how it works and what kind of networking equipment to use with your extenders. • Think of your network as a river of data with a steady current of data moving smoothly down the channel. All you...

...from your Ethernet network. However, there is one main difference between a device server and a terminal server: the protocols being supported. • A terminal server can do more • While a device server mainly builds a TCP/UDP socket to access the...

...takes to travel a network. Latency often has little to do with the physical distance a signal travels; it’s more affected by the number and type of nodes that a signal travels through. A satellite connection, for instance, often adds a great d...

...Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), wireless, and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). • Remote access enables remote users to dial into your LAN over the phone by using either land lines or a cellular conne...

...used in 10-/100-Mbps network connections spread out over extended areas, including cable television and campus backbone applications. • Phone companies have now turned to single-mode fibre cables because they get longer distances with fewer repea...

...the transceiver to the network interface card. • The maximum number of segments is five, but only three can have computers attached. The others are for network extension. • The maximum length of one segment is 500 metres. • The maximum total length...