The word redundancy is thrown around often in today's communications equipment sector. And, for the most part, this term is used to describe systems that deliver the coveted 99.999 percent (five nines ...

Minimising network downtime is an important aspect of business continuity, particularly given that many organisations are now using one network for all voice and data communications. As a consequence, ...

To meet the needs of one of the world’s largest petrochemical companies, Dexter Solution Systems and Belden were asked to provide a redundant industrial Ethernet and WLAN network according to IEC ...

Two redundancy protocols have recently been standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission as IEC 62439-3. Both protocols allow systems to overcome any single network failure without ...

Wireless solutions are often thought to be tainted by susceptibility to interference and lack of reliability. Despite recent technical improvements, wireless transmission technology still elicits ...

David Davis explains how to configure EtherChannel to increase your bandwidth and provide redundancy on a Cisco network. In my previous article on the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), I ...

If you've ever been an IT manager for a small business network, you're aware of one simple fact: small and medium business (SMB) networks are generally something of a mess. Typically, they're ...