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A study examining the quality-adjusted price changes for local network (LAN) equipment using hedonic regressions is presented. While a match model was used for LAN cards, prices for hubs were inferred using economic relationship to switches.

MANY PORTABLE embedded products in the Internet age require a wireless network for access to up-to-date business information, yet developing a radio-frequency link from scratch is a formidable design challenge. [...]

When the Internet was new, the rush was on to get every office wired. But now, the explosive growth of the Web and e-mail has left many organizations tethered to […]

Fueled by widespread use on the desktop, new low-cost hardware, and widespread demand for connectivity, Ethernet is gaining ground as the network of choice for embedded-system developers. You live in [...]

Ethernet is simple, available, inexpensive and it keeps getting faster. Can 'isochronous gigabit per second on linguine' be far behind? By Mary Carmen Cupito Contributing Editor In the beginning was […]

Managers of traditional IBM network environments are seeking greater bandwidth in their token ring networks. To address this requirement many network managers are interested in moving the switch fabric progressively […]

WHEN A CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT PULLS UP TO THE GATE, WHEELS GO INTO MOTION. YOU'LL SEE cleanup crews, ground:crews, flight crews, and airport personnel swing into action. Reservations are checked […]

You've got to love stackable workgroup hubs, the comeback kids of network management. Scorned in favor of more powerful and flexible chassis-based modular hubs, they've resurfaced--reinvented, full of new features […]

New high-speed Ethernet-backbone technology is rapidly gaining support among network engineers as a superior approach to exploiting the advances in Internet protocol-based communications that make feature-rich data services possible. Many [...]

Stackable, segmentable, and switch-ready, SMC's TigerStack 100 line of Fast Ethernet hubs offers flexibility in building your Fast Ethernet network. Standard Microsystems Corp. (SMC) recently unveiled a family of 100BaseT […]

Network management has traditionally followed the n+1 development paradigm; this has been particularly true in the ATM WAN industry. In this growing segment, vendors that provide carrier-class backbone switches and […]

ATM CARDS 3COM 100MBPS ATM ADAPTER CARDS 3Com 100Mbps ATM Adapter Cards are 32-bit, 100Mbps EISA-, MCA-, and Sbus-based adapter cards. They use multimode fiber cabling and support AAL-5 and […]

Building a Fast Ethernet network is a tough job. Throw your traditional Ethernet instincts out the door and get ready to think switched, faster and shorter. Fast Ethernet repeaters are […]

Token-ring switches protect an organization's investment in token-ring networks, while providing effective bandwidth allocation and management. The trend toward remote workgroups, distributed client/server and multimedia applications has created the need […]

There was a time when 100-Mbps hubs and switches were considered the leading edge. Not so true anymore--these products have hit the mainstream. That being the case, it's the right […]

PRODUCTS TESTED * 3Com LinkSwitch 1000 * Bay Networks Lattis Switch Fast Ethernet Switch 28115 * Cisco Systems Catalyst 2802 * Network Peripherals NuSwitch FE-512 * Plaintree Systems Wave Switch […]

ATM ADAPTERS ADAPTEC ANA-5210 ANA-5210 is a 32-bit, 25.6Mbps Sbus-based adapter. It uses UTP cabling and supports AAL 5 service and SNMP management. Drivers for Solaris 2.3, 2.4, and 4.1.x […]

Hewlett-Packard has introduced several network products for 100VG-AnyLAN applications. Products available since mid-1994 include a 15-port hub, a 10Base-T/100VG bridge and SNMP management module, a 10Base-T/100VG ISA adapter card, and […]

For network environments that don't demand the greater wire length and redundancy offered by FDDI but crave 100M-bps speed, a new crop of 10/100 Ethernet switches has come forward to […]

With the promise of instant bandwidth relief for shared-media Ethernet, the deployment of switching hubs has skyrocketed in LANs throughout corporations. Few will argue that going from a shared 10M-bps […]

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Few commercial implementations of a formal network standard should evolve more quickly than the products emerging in the Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) marketplace. Things are changing so fast that RMON […]

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Of all the concerns in the networking sky, management issues burn brightest. Beyond the bag of nails needed to connect your systems, products that increase performance, […]

The crucial fact of corporate computing is that what everybody thinks is the magic in computing is not really what it is, anymore -- it's changed. People out there in […]

The use of both legacy systems and LANs has led to an expensive duplication in terms of communication resources. However, integrating the two using routers and hubs is getting easier […]

Network traffic can get snarled up at your concentrator. InfoWorld looks at five fast switching hubs that relieve the gridlock. Introduction and test plan by Tim Crawford - Test Developer […]

FDDI is wonderful, but it sure is expensive. Rather than opting to deploy budget-busting FDDI on a wide scale, administrators running out of bandwidth on their Ethernet networks should consider […]

Aimed directly at workgroups within large organizations as well as remote offices, stackable SNMP-managed Ethernet hubs are a cost-effective way to connect departmental groups to corporate network backbones. Such middle-ground […]

Today's new switching hubs have more bandwidth, can logically segment users and provide a migration path to ATM without ATM's cost. Network hubs are not hard to make. You buy […]

Designing the Network 'Many users find the task of designing their next enterprise network a difficult one,' says Michael Bowen, VP of marketing for Netlink (Raleigh, N.C.). 'Their dilemma centers […]

Unlike simple Ethernet switches that only connect Ethernet segments, intelligent switching hubs provide full bridging and routing, as well as integration with inherently faster technologies such as FDDI and, when […]

The intelligent hub arose from the heart of the network -- the physical, or wiring, layer. Vendors are leveraging the vital position occupied by this internetworking device to add capabilities […]

Invariably the network will grow to a point that local traffic becomes too congested. Hus have become one of the premier means of managing the overflow of this local traffic […]

Executive Summary LANPLEX 5004 AND LANPLEX 5012 DESCRIPTION: Switching hubs with Ethernet and FDDI support VENDOR: Synernetics Inc. 85 Rangeway Road North Billerica, MA 01862 (508) 670-9009 PRICE AS TESTED: […]

They beat me bloody,' recalls Andrew F. Ludwick, president and chief executive officer of SynOptics Communications Inc. 'Public analysts are not kind to a company that stumbles. They kept coming […]

If every product has an ideal market, enterprise hubs have found nirvana. The confluence of downsizing businesses, groggy economic conditions and falling chip prices are creating a noticeable surge in […]

Users need hub management products that work with their network management systems--and at a reasonable price. It's been said that a person can never be too rich. By contrast, Is […]

NEED FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PUSHING HUB AND ROUTER MAKERS TO PARTNER: UNIFIED SOLUTIIONS SAVES SPACE AT INDIANA U. Today's networking industry is poised for a dramatic shift in how […]

As smart hubs get smarter, they can help network managers ease the bandwidth pinch. Bandwidth requirements inevitably outpace Is budgets. And like the old woman who lived in the shoe, […]

3Com EtherLink/NB This NuBus Ethernet card has average performance. Version 1.1 reviewed. Requires NuBus-capable Mac. $595; bundled with EtherLink TP transceiver, $670. 3Com, 5400 Bayfront Plaza, Santa Clara, CA 95052. […]

Hubs and concentrators have evolved from supporting a single LAN topology to supporting mixed topologies and facilitating LAN internetworking. Wiring hubs or concentrators provide a structured premise wiring strategy to […]

Cheaper than FDDI, faster than ordinary Ethernet, switched like a PBX and shared like a LAN--switched Ethernet, always delivers 10Mbps. Say softly 'shared/unshared,' because that's what this puzzlingly named new […]

It's Friday, ten minutes till five, and you're downloading a weekend's worth of work from your office file server. Unfortunately, your workaholic coworkers all have the same idea, and your […]