...can decrease your networking costs since you'll need fewer antennas and access points. • Basically, a wireless network consists of data, voice, and video information packets being transmitted over low-frequency radio waves instead of electrica...

TCP_Latency • Latency is the time—measured in milliseconds—a round-trip signal 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 sig...

Media Converters • Technology Overviews • Media Convertors • You can interconnect twisted pair, fibre and coax. • Media converters interconnect different cable types-twisted pair, fibre, and Thin or thick coax-within a network. They are usuall...

...network, your future networking needs, and your particular application, including bandwidth, distances, environment, cost, and more. In some cases, copper may be a better choice; in other situations, fibre offers advantages. • Fibre optic cable i...

Gigabit Ethernet • Gigabit Ethernet • As workstations and servers migrated from ordinary 10-Mbps Ethernet to 100-Mbps speeds, it became clear that even greater speeds were needed. Gigabit Ethernet was developed for an even faster Ethernet stan...

...We help you build your Power and Surge Protection Solution. • Call a networking specialist • to learn more about how this Black Box solutions can protect your IT investments. • Black Box Explains • Surge vs. lightning protection • Power problems

Ethernet Topology • Technology Overviews • Ethernet Topologies • Designing your Ethernet LAN with Black Box. • Key features of Ethernet topologies: • Fast, reliable throughput speed-10 Mbps. • Accurate transmission-CSMA/CD access method. • Eas...

...A must to keep cool • Networking equipment —especially servers— generates a lot of heat in a relatively small area. Today’s servers are smaller and have faster CPUs than ever. Because most of the power used by these devices is dissipated into the ...