Virtual LANs • Virtual LANs (VLANs) • True to their name, VLANs are literally “virtual“ LANs—mini subLANs that, once configured, can exist and function logically as single, secure network segments, even though they may be part of a much larger...
...The difference between unmanaged, managed, and Web-smart switches • The difference between unmanaged, managed, and Web-smart switches. • With regard to management options, the three primary classes of switches are unmanaged, managed, and Web smart....
...a local area network (LAN) to extend and switch or route over an Ethernet network. The advantage is that all these options provide real-time experience for the users. • As organisations continue to expand, IP-based extension and switching, as well...
...not include permanent LAN-to-LAN connections. These temporary links can be made over a number of different kinds of media including Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), wireless, and Digital Subscri...
10 Gigabit Ethernet • 10-Gigabit Ethernet • From LAN to WAN to MAN • 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GBE), ratified in June 2002, is a logical extension of previous Ethernet versions. 10-GBE was designed to make the transition from LANs to Wide Area N...
...Multimedia distribution products allow you to send Video, Audio and sometimes serial data (RS-232 or USB) over distances of hundreds of meters to one or more locations. They generally utilise standard CatX infrastructure cable and can offer extensio...
...server remotely via the LAN (over IP). The Wizard IP, which allows both in-band and out-of-band access to servers, is most commonly used to extend a KVM switch's user port for secure access by either a LAN or WAN connection. The new ServSwitch Wizar...
...The use of token ring LANs was popularized by IBM in the mid 1980s when it released its IBM token ring architecture. Physically, a token ring network is wired as a star, with 'hubs' and arms out to each station and the loop going out-and-back thro...
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