As more applications come onto the local area network (LAN), it is time to look into simple and immediate ways to expand the network’s ability to take on heavier traffic. The argument is simple: More ...

Speedier Ethernet has pretty much satisfied LAN bandwidth needs, but QoS has come to the rescue in the WAN. When a drain chronically runs slow even though it isn’t plugged, it’s time to get a bigger ...

As we mentioned last time, there was an entire industry built around using TDM bandwidth efficiently due to the compelling economics of building corporate private-line networks. By the late 1980s, ...

The market is flooded with security appliances, yet Network Composer NC1500 from Cymphonix manages to stand out by offering detailed bandwidth management via traffic-shaping controls. The product ...

“College students expect great broadband data service, particularly in student housing. Tellabs' Optical LAN enables us to deliver the bandwidth students need today and tomorrow, simplify our LAN ...

Business and residential subscribers are constantly demanding more bandwidth. Historically, this demand has been in the downstream direction. Now, however, users are accumulating and generating large ...

Demand for quality, well-behaved video calls is growing; keep your users happy by correctly determining your video bandwidth requirements from the get-go. A couple weeks ago, I shared my best ...

As telecommunications companies lay fiber optic cables to our homes, banks and insurance companies provision high-density wires between geographically dispersed data centers. And while we stream audio ...

Do you have a network in your small office or at home? If so, you probably found setup easy, but now you could use some assistance in managing and troubleshooting the network, as well as in getting ...

Benjamin is a business consultant, coach, designer, musician, artist, and writer, living in the remote mountains of Vermont. He has 20+ years experience in tech, an educational background in the arts, ...

When it comes to wired networks, you'll often hear people using "LAN cables" and "Ethernet cables" interchangeably, but are ...