Network switches are indispensable part on setting up a home network. For home Gigabit Ethernet switches, both one large single switch and multiple smaller switches are good options. Using one large switch, the speed of data transferring c…
Both the Dell PowerConnect 2700 series and 2800 series switches are secure, fixed-port Gigabit switches. The Dell PowerConnect 2700 series was launched in the early 2000s, designed to deliver full wire-speed switching performance. Not long…
As new emerging networking standards, 40G and 100G network have been achieved initial success. But they are based on the 10G network. With the growing numbers of small business enterprises, 10G SMB switches are also in a large demand. TP-L…
As one approach of the network agility and mobility lifting/increasing, Software Defined Networking (SDN) uses canned processes to provision the network. It is an emerging technology designed to address mobility and agility. An OpenFlow sw…
With the development of advanced technology, 100G products is fast growing in 100G market to cater to the demand of a higher bandwidth. How about 100G switches? Recently, FS launches S5850/S8050 series 100G switches including two configura…
400 Gigabit Ethernet was planned to be released in December this year. It is designed to meet IEEE P802.3bs Task Force standard and to apply to both metro and long-haul networks. The 400GbE operates over 100 m of multimode fiber, 500 m of …
As modular chassis network switches, the Cisco catalyst 6500 series switches are optimized choices for network investment protection for enterprises and service providers. It delivers high security, resiliency, and port density for data ce…
With the growing prevalence of Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell PowerEdge R710 servers gradually caught Ethernet users’ eyes for its competitive price, superb quality and low power consumption. As one part of the Dell PowerEdge Select Network,…
The NDC, Network Daughter Card (also known as Select Network Adapters), is an innovation technology developed by Dell. As an advanced technology on server, the NDC provides the customers with a flexibility of choosing what they want ( 4 x …
Cisco Catalyst 3650 and 3850 series switches are enterprise class stackable switches. Cisco Catalyst 3650 series was unveiled in 2013 which designed to converge wired and wireless networking. Just in the same year, Cisco launched its first…
Recently, Ubiquiti Network Switch is of prevalence for building and expanding home network. EdgeSwitch and Unifi Switch are two main switch series of the Ubiquiti Network Switch. For years, the EdgeSwitch and Unifi Switch are featured as c…
It is universally acknowledged that price is one of the key factors when we buy something. We may heave a sigh of the soaring cost of the switches of the major brands on the current market, such as Cisco, Arista, Juniper...However, that is…
Multimode fiber optic cable has been widely used in our daily life for its cost-effective, low power consumption and etc. The OM family recently was added a new member, called as OM5. Different from the previous OM1 to OM4, OM5 is a wideba…
As an advanced manufacturing technology, QSFP28 optical transceivers have been highly favored by a large number of Ethernet users. We use large scale deployment and application of 100G optical transceivers in data center, Local Area Networ…
In the later year of 2011, Cisco launched 3750 Series switch, with a purpose to improve LAN operating efficiency and resiliency for stackable switches. Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series is one series of Cisco 3750 Series, which featured as high…
Most us of us may quite familiar with 10G, 40G and 100G Ethernet network, but we know little about 25G Ethernet, or even never heard about it. In the race of 10G, 40G and 100G Ethernet, it seems that 25G Ethernet lagged far behind. However…
Over the years, 40G and 100G networks are developing rapidly, but nearly all new network building or network upgrading are based on 10G network. As an indispensable part in 10G network building, 10G optical transceiver has been designed an…
Generally speaking, a cabling upgrade is indispensable if we intend to migrate network from 10G to 40G. It is no doubt that this would afford the extra expense and time. Is there a solution to allow us to get the best of both worlds—save b…
In recent decades, Cisco 1000BASE SFP transceivers have been widely used by many Ethernet users. There are many types of 1000BASE-LX/LH SFP transceivers on the market, such as Cisco GLC-LG-SM, GLC-LG-SM-RGD, GLC-LG-SM-20, which are operati…
Among all the 100G transceivers, most Ethernet users intended to use 100G QSFP28 transceivers instead of other 100G transceivers to connect switches, routers and servers. There are several common types of 100G QSFP28 modules, including 100…
Nowadays, QSFP28 transceivers play a leading role on the market of 100GBASE transceivers for their smallest form-factor and lowest power consumption among other 100G optics. The common QSFP28 transceivers are 100GBASE-SR4, 100GBASE-SR10, 1…
With the popularity of 100 Gigabit Ethernet, more and more Ethernet users urge to update their transceivers for a higher bandwidth. Currently, there are several 100G transceivers available on the telecom market, they are CFP, CFP2, CFP4, C…
As one type of cable, Twisted Pair (TP) has enjoyed a great reputation in telecommunication for many years. But what is it? Twisted pair is a transmission medium which is most commonly used to connect home and many business computers to th…
To accommodate the improvement of data transmission between the serves and switches, DAC cable has been developed. Direct Attach Cable (DAC) assembly is a high performance integrated duplex data link for two-directional communication over …
In contemporary world, the Internet users have experienced the great changes brought by 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 40 Gigabit Ethernet. For most Ethernet users, 10/40GbE is more than sufficient, however, not enough for the increasingly growin…
Many Internet users have suffered a lot by lower bandwidth. In order to help people walk out this kind of deadlock, researchers and developers promoted 10 Gigabit Ethernet to meet the requirement of higher bandwidth for Internet users. For…
As a worldwide leader in IT and networking, Cisco SFPs have long enjoyed a good reputation in telecom market. With high flexibility, enhanced reliability and high compatibility, Cisco SFPs have been warmly welcomed by many Gigabit Ethernet…
1000BASE is a standard of Gigabit Ethernet and it stands for the transmission speed can be up to 1000 Mbit/s. It provides 10 times faster transfer speed than 100BASE Ethernet. The “BASE” means the based signals can only be Ethernet signals…
MTP/MPO fiber cable designed for a higher bandwidth transmission. It has two types, the one type is 12-fiber for 40G data transmission while the other type is 24-fiber for 100G data transmission. MTP/MPO fiber cable can meet the huge deman…
It is known to all that fiber optic cable is made of glass or plastic that mainly used for transmitting information. Fiber optic cable can be divided into many types according to different classification principles, such as source, mode, u…
