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It’s Spring Again - April 2008 Trade Shows 2008-03-06 09:01:52 Transition Networks will be exhibiting at several industry trade shows this spring, including some of the biggest of the year. Representatives are scheduled to attend FOSE, ISC West, BICSI Spring
& Interop.
If you will be attending any of these shows, we welcome you to visit our booth. Show details are highlighted below.
Keywords: Applications, Attendees, BICSI [...] Read more:Again
, April
, Trade
MEF, Carrier Ethernet, OAM, and more… 2008-02-28 15:21:21 As a member of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), Transition Networks is continuously monitoring the advancements of Carrier Ethernet and some of the associated advanced management capabilities being implemented by service providers. I was recently doing some research and found some useful information on the newly revamped MEF website. If you’re looking to get up [...]
Why CWDM? 2008-02-26 14:53:56 As the surge for additional convergence technology and increased-bandwidth continues, CWDM Ethernet-over-fiber seems to be a viable solution for service providers.
CWDM involves both sides of the equation. That is, reducing operating costs and increasing revenue. As the traditional service revenue declines, service providers shift their focus on finding new sources of services to develop. The [...]
MDUs and Bend-Insensitive Fiber 2008-02-21 07:23:07 As modern optical networks continue to evolve and push their way into the last mile of Fiber
to the Home (FTTx) applications, new and interesting products are being developed to address the needs of FTTx deployments. One development that has stormed onto the scene and made it’s presence known across the industry is [...] Read more:Insensitive
Multicast Filtering 2008-02-19 09:42:08 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is a way to restrain broadcast or multicast traffic in a switched network. With unicast traffic, an Ethernet switch learns MAC addresses by looking into the source address field of every frame. However, with multicast packets the Ethernet switch must deal with a multicast MAC header which [...] Read more:Filtering
Transition’s Super X-Ring vs. STP and RSTP 2008-02-15 11:37:42 What is Super
Ring? Let me first explain Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP). With dealing with Ethernet switches and a solution that involves using multiple switches connected together one must be aware of possible bridge loops.
As an example, if you were to not have a switch that [...]
Jumbo Frames and Media Conversion 2008-02-12 14:09:01 A question often raised is whether media converters can support large packets (jumbo frames), but before that question is answered let me explain large packets.
Historically, Ethernet was defined with a maximum packet size of 1518 bytes, where 4 bytes were used for the header (destination address, source address, type or length) 4 bytes were used [...] Read more:Jumbo
, Frames
, Conversion
Make a Run For The Border - Transition Networks at Expo Comm Mexico ~ Booth 1416-1 2008-02-07 15:58:42 Transition Networks will be attending Expo Comm Mexico
2008, February 26th-29th, located at the Centro Banamex in Mexico City, Mexico. Transition will be displaying a wide range of our industry leading products, including:
Media Converters
MILAN Switches
Managed and Unmanaged
MEF – Certified OAM NIDs
SFPs
CWDM Read more:Border
, Booth
10 Gigabit Ethernet Overview 2008-01-31 07:32:38 The ink was hardly dry on the 10Gbase-T (10 gigabit Ethernet over UTP) standard and the industry discussion swung to the next big thing – 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet. While the latest technology being developed always makes for interesting discussion, it is the deployable technology that exists today that receives the most [...] Read more:Overview
BICSI Winter Conference Inspires Attendees to Succeed 2008-01-29 13:26:27 The BICSI organization hosted another successful conference earlier this month at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. While the idea of visiting Orlando during the month of January is very appealing, it’s the knowledge gained and the information exchanged between fellow information transport systems (ITS) experts that always draws a big [...] Read more:Attendees
Fiber Optic Connectors 2008-03-11 11:34:22 When one is looking to make a purchase of a networking switch or media converter, the type of fiber connector to purchase can occasionally be overlooked. Although, there are a variety of fiber optic connectors available on the market these days, I will present the five most common and touch on the differences between them.
Fiber
[...] Read more:Optic
Laser-Optimized Fiber: Future Proofing for 10Gig and Beyond 2008-03-25 15:18:51 While the need for network transmission speeds continues to grow, so does the importance put on a company’s fiber optic backbone cabling. As cabling standards have evolved from 10Mbps and 100Mbps to Gigabit and 10 Gigabit speeds, optical cabling has had to evolve as well. With the growth of internet traffic, video conferencing, VoIP [...] Read more:Laser
, Fiber
, Future
Fiber - A Walk Through History 2008-03-27 15:53:04 Fiber Optics has only widely been implemented over the last 20 years, although the technology, ideas and concepts have been around for much longer. Optical communication systems starting with Claude Chappe’s invention of the “optical telegraph” in the 1790’s has been in use for more than 200 years. Or more recently, in [...] Read more:Fiber
, History
The Benefits of Using Single Mode Single Fiber 2008-04-09 15:37:21 More and more products are being released with single mode single fiber optics and can be perceived as being very expensive, but are they?
What is single mode single fiber?
The answer is that it is possible to transmit and receive using one strand of single mode fiber. This is achieved by using two different wavelengths - [...] Read more:Benefits
, Fiber
Switch Glossary 2008-04-16 15:58:41 As I was looking back on some of the Switch Sense posts and training some new employees here at Transition Networks I was reminded of how many acronyms and interpretations there are for standards and features that are related to Ethernet switches.
Most of us take these terms for granted, but when talking to [...] Read more:Glossary
The Basics of SNMP 2008-04-22 15:16:45 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a popular protocol for network management. It is used for collecting information from and configuring network devices such as servers, printers, hubs, switches, and routers on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.
Large networks with hundreds or even thousands of nodes are difficult to manage without a large staff to monitor [...] Read more:Basics
Networking Basics for Cable Installers and Electrical Contractors 2008-04-30 10:58:13 Let Curt Carlson, esteemed Product Manager at Transition Networks, talk you through another FREE self-paced, networking training seminar.
Networking Basics
for Cable
Installers and Electrical Contractors
was originally designed for Cabling Installers and Electrical Contractors. However, the overall intent of the presentation is to give those who might be relatively new to data communications, a basic [...]
Did you miss Transition Networks at Interop Las Vegas this year? 2008-05-08 10:18:43 Transition Networks released some of its latest and greatest product portfolios and presented their Technology Toolkit Series. The series of presentations highlighted how networks have become increasingly diverse and new applications are forcing a broader range of product requirements.
Keywords: analog video security, Applications, bandwidth, connection, Copper, CWDM, Data Center, density, Ethernet, Fiber, Fiber Cable, Gigabit, [...] Read more:Vegas
Trade Show Season Heats Up 2008-05-15 16:04:03 Transition Networks will be exhibiting at multiple industry trade shows this June, including CommunicAsia in Singapore! We are proudly displaying multiple new products and hope to see you in attendance.
First up is NXTcomm08, June 16th-19th, located at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Keywords: CommunicAsia, information transport systems, infrastructure, NECC, NXTcomm, NXTcomm08, SCTE, Transition Read more:Trade
, Season
, Trade Show
Plug & Play™ Universal Systems Media Converter Module: Not Just for the Data Center 2008-05-22 15:48:43 Recently Transition Networks partnered with Corning Cable Systems
to develop the most dense fiber-to-copper media conversion solution on the market. Residing within Corning’s 4U Pretium™ Fiber Housing, the fully populated Plug & Play™ Universal
Systems Media Converter Module
is able to employ 16 MTP fiber connectors to provide 96 copper ports of Gigabit connectivity.
Keywords: advantage Read more:Center
Data Center Cabling: What’s New? 2008-06-03 13:54:41 I was recently browsing the Data Center
Journal website doing some research on trends in data center cabling when I came across a nice video - Data Center Cabling for Data Center Managers - published on their Data Center TV site. Benoit Chevarie of Belden Cable discusses trends and what to plan for in data [...]
Mixing Fiber Types With Different Wavelengths Within Your Network 2008-07-02 15:54:21 If you are reading this post and you are familiar with Transition Networks and the concept of media conversion, you are probably already aware of the Fiber
to Copper conversion products that we provide. You may also be aware of the multimode to single-mode conversion products that we offer. But did you know that we [...] Read more:Mixing
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