Volume 4, Issue 9

A Customers Perspective on Training

Sept. 1, 1996

Last May, Paul Kreager and Anthony Nuciforo, instructors from Level 0-1 (Pullman, WA), provided a combined training session for staff from the Information Management and Housing...

Home

Handheld testers simplify Category 5 testing

Sept. 1, 1996

Category 5 testing is the place to be in the 1990s. Driven by an industry-wide conversion to local area network-based client/server computing models and the emergence of new, ...

Cabling Installation

Labeling systems can help meet EIA/TIA documentation requirements

Sept. 1, 1996

The TIA/EIA-606 administrative standard for the telecommunications infrastructure of commercial buildings requires the labeling of all cables, termination hardware, splices, pathways...

Connectivity

Restoring fiber-optic local area networks

Sept. 1, 1996

As fiber-to-the-desk becomes increasingly common, maintainers of local area networks will be forced to confront a new challenge--restoring fiber-optic LANs following an outage...

Cabling Standards

Training for designers: staying on the cutting edge

Sept. 1, 1996

General knowledge of the entire infrastructure, strategic planning and expertise in your specialty are fundamental to being a good designer.

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Cabling Installation

Tracking interference from power-system harmonics

Sept. 1, 1996

Power surges and failures aren`t the only threats to your telecommunications network. Harmonics can also cause problems. Here`s how to track them down.

Cabling Standards

Answers to basic power-protection questions

Sept. 1, 1996

The basic equipment for power protection includes surge suppressors, backup power supplies and power conditioners. Here`s a primer of these three types of devices.

Network Protocols

The four types of power-protection solutions

Sept. 1, 1996

You may need a different power-protection strategy--either a one-on-one approach, a clustered system, integrated protection, or floor-by-floor protection facility-wide--depending...

Cable

Ground potentials and damage to LAN equipment

Sept. 1, 1996

To protect network equipment from damage, surge suppressors should be installed at network ports, or isolators can be used to break the copper path that carries the surge current...

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Cable assembly/wire harness brochure

Sept. 1, 1996

An eight-page brochure of cable assembly and wire harness products highlights the company`s computer-aided design systems, advanced molding and tool-making capabilities and quality...

Cabling Installation

Special Report: Power Protection & Conditioning

Sept. 1, 1996

Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, surge suppressors, grounding and bonding: They are all part of what you need to know about a technology--power protection and conditioning...