In computer networking, an Ethernet switch is a LAN interconnection device that serves as a bridge between multiple equipment and a Local Area Network (LAN). Ethernet switches are categorized into two main types – modular and fixed configu…

If you want to realize the farther distance connectivity than the actual length the copper cabling you already have can offer, what should you do? Much worse is that no switch is available. Don’t be nervous. The easy solution offered by me…

Today, let’s learn and compare two terms in optic communication: transceiver vs transmitter(originated in the early 1920s. Looking up in the dictionary, we can distinguish that transmitter is a device that transmits something(in all senses…

It seems that you haven’t figured out what a patch panel is. A patch panel is a mounted hardware assembly that contains ports used to connect and manage fiber or copper optic cables going in and out. Patch panels are also known as patch ba…

A friend has told me that she had some trouble in selecting the fiber cable recently. Maybe there are many people like her that are confused by fiber cable types. If you happen to be the one, you can find answer in this article. Since you …

We all know that a fiber optic patch cable consists of a fiber optic cable and two fiber optic connectors. Since we already have the basic knowledge of fiber optic cable, we now shift our attention towards fiber optic connectors. We have m…

Seen from the outside, it looks like a rope. But inside it, when it is working, something magic appears. That is the Direct Attach Copper Cable, DAC for short. It is a type of factory terminated cable assembly used to connect two mobility …

Introduction of 10G Comparing SFP(Small Form-factor Pluggable) with SFP+(10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable), we can easily find the difference between their names—10 Gigabit. Then what is 10 Gigabit? 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE, 10GbE, …