...IDs, jumpers, DIP switches, screws, latches, or terminators. • There are two types of FireWire connectors: 6-pin and 4-pin. The 6-pin connector, usually found on computers, provides two pairs of wires for signals and one pair of wires to provi...

...must for your servers, switches, routers, and other network equipment plus the climate control equipment at your main data center. Even though you may be local, when problems occur in the middle of the night, headquarters can seem very far away. • ...

...The Black Box ServSwitch CX is a good example. It means that products are not just expensive test equipment waiting for a crisis but working systems justifying their initial cost. • Look at each aspect individually • A single box isn't the who...

...for connections between switching offices. Single-mode cable features an 8.5-micron glass core. • Duplex—Use duplex multimode or single-mode fibre optic cable for applications that require simultaneous, bidirectional data transfer. Workstations, fib...

...simulated half-duplex (switched-carrier) control. V.32- and V.33-compliant modems that support V.13 can be used in sync IBM- RJE environments, so these networks can also take advantage of V.32/V.33 technology. • V.22, V.22 bis • -Synchronous/asynch...

...access points to switches rather than hubs. A hub connected to an access point will broadcast all data it receives on that access point to all connected devices. However, a switch isolates each port onto its own LAN segment and will only broa...

...10-/100-Mbps Ethernet switches or for connection to high-speed servers with the assurance of total compatibility with your Ethernet network. • When Gigabit Ethernet first appeared, fiber was crucial to running Gigabit Ethernet effectively. Since t...