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The in-building wireless network is more stable than ever with data encryption and security providing more peace of mind than they previously could. Users of IEEE 802.11n, 802.11b and other wireless LAN equipment will find information here about system performance as well as the cabling systems behind those wireless LANs. They will also find information on RF wireless and point-to-point wireless networks.


The Cabling Blog
Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent

Cable-recycling firm fined after workers suffer lead poisoning

An Edmonton, UK-based firm that recycles cable pleaded guilty to exposing workers to lead and has to pay approximately £75,000 in fines and costs. The government agency Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the recycler and described "an abysmal...

Elderly cable thieves shut down 46 oil wells in China

The next time you fill up your vehicle with fuel and are exasperated by the price per gallon, don't blame the big oil companies. Don't blame President Obama's stance on the Keystone Pipeline. Instead, blame two elderly Chinese men.The Shanghai Daily has...

NASA details International Space Station cabling installation

How many times have you heard someone joke that the job of routing and installing cabling is "not rocket science"? Well, recently it was part of rocket science when a NASA commander routed and installed several new cables aboard the International Space...

Editorial Guides
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CI&M Editorial Guide: Structured Cabling Systems for Healthcare Environments
Cultural, regulatory and technological forces have made healthcare a leading-edge industry with respect to information technology systems.  From HIPPA and electronic ...
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CI&M Editorial Guide: Considerations for Selecting and Using Multimode Fiber
A network manager’s choice to use multimode fiber-optic cable does not end the decision-making process. Next come considerations including cablingsystem architecture, ...
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From the Pages of CI&M Magazine

Editor's Picks - Cabling Installation & Maintenance
... Custom-designed wireless and telecom enclosures. Oberon Inc. now offers custom design services for wireless and telecommunications ...

Reducing the cost of extending Power over Ethernet - Cabling ...
... Power over Ethernet extender devices allows network administrators to send both power and data to network devices such as IP cameras and wireless access points ...

Electronic security systems market experiencing worldwide growth ...
... The penetration of wireless-connected security products remains low. They are still considered to be insufficiently reliable due to latency in data transfer. ...

Editor's Picks - Cabling Installation & Maintenance
... training as well as certification. AT&T uses magnets to secure 4G wireless infrastructure. Metal and Cable Corporation, developer ...

Meeting the challenge of data center functionality in schools ...
... s access control and security, for CCTV monitoring in order to curb undesirable behavior, pupil management and administration systems, plus wireless local area ...

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Reducing the cost of extending Power over Ethernet - Cabling ...
... pair powering is required to support the gigabit data rates of PDs such as pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras, 802.11n access ... IEEE 802.3at PSE (30W). 12.95W (802.3 ...

Analysts see hope for industrial and automation networks - Cabling ...
... The family of 802.11 networks will play an increasingly dominant role as the technology improves and acceptance of the networks continues to edge out legacy ...

Moving toward 40-Gbit/sec twisted-pair cabling - Cabling ...
... To cope, many office networks are moving from legacy 100Base-TX to 1000Base-T systems and, increasingly, to 802.11b/g/n systems. ...

More bandwidth will enable video on smartphones - Cabling ...
... If your 802.11g wireless access points are off-kilter, it could be because 802.11b is slowing the device down at 2.4 GHz. Disabling ...

Editor's Picks - Cabling Installation & Maintenance
... for pre-ordering, is designed to provide a secure, convenient, and aesthetic mounting enclosure solution for the Aruba Networks AP-135 series 802.11n access ...

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