Media converters • Media converters • Seamlessly integrate 10, 100, and 1000 BASE-T, ThinNet, Thicknet and fibre optic cabling. • Inexpensively connect half- or full-duplex 100BASE-TX and 100BASE-FX! • Switch between different wiring systems w...

Media Converter Selector • Choosing the right media converter to • connect two dissimilar media types • Media converters are networking devices that enable you to interconnect networks or network devices with different speeds, operation types,...

Selecting a video converter. • Selecting a video converter • Resolution and refresh rate • Many modern flat screen monitors will only display a small range of refresh rates and resolutions, and most will not display any refresh rates below 60H...

PoE phantom power • PoE phantom power • PoE over Gigabit Ethernet • 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX Ethernet use only two pairs of wire in 4-pair CAT5/CAT5e/CAT6 cable, leaving the other two pairs free to transmit power for Power over Ethernet (PoE) a...

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...

Interface-powered converters. • Interface-powered converters • Plug directly into RS-232 devices • Interface-powered converters plug directly into RS-232 devices, eliminating the need for external power supplies. These converters draw their po...

...Ethernet • Ethernet has evolved into the most widely implemented physical and link layer protocol today. • Thick en ThinNet Ethernet: 10 Mbps • Fast and Giga Ethernet: 100 and 1000-Mbps • 10-Gigabit Ethernet: 10 Gbps • PoE Power over Ethernet

PoE Power over Ethernet • What is PoE? • The seemingly universal network connection, twisted-pair Ethernet cable, has another role to play, providing electrical power to low-wattage electrical devices. Power over Ethernet (PoE) was ratified by...

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...