Since the 1990s, fiber optic cabling has been the standard for the backbones of commercial and industrial networks.However, most of the fiber running beneath floors, above ceiling tiles, and below pavement or ground is commonly referred to as ‘legacy multimode fiber,’ and it’s struggling to meet today’s bandwidth needs. When multimode fiber solutions first came…
You are working on plans for a new campus which will be the home for headquarters, R&D, a light manufacturing facility, and a parking lot or two. One consideration is the infrastructure that connects the campus network. The choice will be optical fiber, but which type? Most of you reading this will be thinking that…
You are ready to deploy 10 gigabit Ethernet, but what media type should you use? As you might suspect, that is not a straightforward question to answer. There are several things you need to consider before making the right choice, and some of the choices may be contradictory. Does you data center require using a…