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Millennials who entered the workforce between 2003 and 2016 are accustomed to the digital era: high-speed internet access, smartphones, online everything. And while they’ve definitely experienced advancements in technology during their lifetime,...
In another blog, we discussed some of the benefits of fiber to the edge from a sustainability and smart building perspective. While fiber optics is slowly making its way into the horizontal LAN, copper twisted-pair cabling such as Category 6 and...
Recently we have been getting questions about how to determine if an SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) transceiver is working. We refer to SFP generically here to represent a multitude of the various optical modules that are available. Fluke...
Contaminated connections remain the number one cause of fiber related problems and failures in data centers, campus, and other enterprise or telecom networking environments. But it’s not enough to just clean every fiber end face—there is no way to...
For years, we’ve heard about FTTX making its way into the horizontal LAN — fiber to the desktop, fiber to the office, fiber to the enclosure, fiber to the zone, etc. Often referred to as “fiber to the edge” or FTTE, most of these deployments have...
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { .img-float { float: left; max-width: 300px; margin-right: 20px; } } Power over Ethernet (PoE) has gained tremendous momentum since the original IEEE 802.3af Type 1 PoE standard that delivered up to 15.4...
Fiber optic test cords connect your tester to the fiber link you’re testing and therefore act as a “window” into it. If that “window” is of poor quality or dirty, then your measurements will be, too. Of the about one hundred test cords we offer,...
Driven by large hyperscale and cloud data center providers, advancements in signaling and transceiver technology have led to the development of next-generation transmission speeds. There are now multiple options available for 400G Ethernet...
What is Insertion Loss? Insertion loss is the amount of energy that a signal loses as it travels along a cable link. It is a natural phenomenon that occurs for any type of transmission—whether it's electricity or data. This reduction of signal, also...
While there are many different types of optical connectors depending on what type of components you’re using, LC connectors have become very common throughout the networking industry. Plastic LC connectors Using plastic for connections that are...
