Volume 7, Issue 7

Stand up and be counted!

July 1, 1999

The 74 entries have arrived, the decision-making will soon commence, and the finalists will be chosen. That`s when you, our readers, will get to pick this year`s winners of the...

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Web site spotlight: Resurrecting dinosaurs

July 1, 1999

What do you get when you cross an innovative network dream and some of paleontology`s greatest discoveries? A virtual Jurassic Park that New York City`s American Museum of Natural...

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Twist, but no shout, from sore fingers

July 1, 1999

Use a ballpoint pen casing or an 8-inch section of plenum-cable jacketing that has been cut at a 45° angle. The open end of a pen casing or cable jacket is placed between pairs...

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Get a pullstring through inaccessible ceilings with field-and-stream tactics

July 1, 1999

In older buildings, retrofitting is often difficult because hallways have drywall ceilings, making it hard to access the space above from below. There are also cases where the...

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Saw/vacuum combo picks up after itself

July 1, 1999

Drywall dust and debris pile up with every hole cut for an outlet. To keep area clean, attach a hose from a portable vacuum to a drywall saw with tape. As the hole for the outlet...

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Insulated tools: Protection from injury, death, and liability

July 1, 1999

The screwdriver slipped from Jamal Abdeen`s hands and landed below him on two 220-volt lines, sparking an explosion that left the 44-year-old electrician severely burned, igniting...

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Discussion with the new head of TIAs FOLS

July 1, 1999

Ratification of the 100Base-SX short-wavelength standard tops the Fiber Optics LAN Section agenda.

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Gigabit Ethernet changes network behavior

July 1, 1999

Fast backbones require fast servers. Servers will need to have faster network interfaces and faster disks. Load balancing can be used across multiport network interface cards ...

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Racks: Same on the outside, but not on the inside

July 1, 1999

There was a time that a rack was a rack. In fact, the only thing that really distinguished one from another was what the manufacturer called it, and in most cases, the word "rack...

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High-performance copper-cabling system

July 1, 1999

HiPerlink 1000 is a Category 5E-rated system that supports Gigabit Ethernet traffic over unshielded twisted-pair cabling. Incorporating connecting hardware for the work area, ...

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Protecting fiber-optic splices in the outside plant

July 1, 1999

In preparation for a smoother, more-economical adaptation of fiber-optic technology, protective enclosures will need to be designed to meet the stringent protection requirements...