...your new DFP display to work at its best, it must be connected to a DVI video interface. You should upgrade the video card in your PC when you buy your new video monitor. Your KVM switches should also support DVI if you plan to use them with DFPs.

...to the price of a switch, this lock-out scheme raises hardware costs and limits transceiver choices. • Many vendors don’t advertise that SFP slots on their devices don’t accept standard SFPs from other vendors. This can lead to unpleasant surp...

...length of cable, switch from CAT5e or CAT6 cable to CAT5 cable, use a lower sreen resolution, or use a video skew compensator. • A video skew compensator removes colour drift by delaying some colour signals to compensate for differences in wi...

...install a card, set DIP switches, and make IRQ settings. Now you can connect digital joysticks, scanners, speakers, cameras, or PC telephones in seconds. Instead of opening up your CPU to insert new boards, you make all the connections outside the c...

...IDs, jumpers, DIP switches, screws, latches, or terminators. • There are two types of FireWire connectors: 6-pin and 4-pin. The 6-pin connector, usually found on computers, provides two pairs of wires for signals and one pair of wires to provi...

...must for your servers, switches, routers, and other network equipment plus the climate control equipment at your main data center. Even though you may be local, when problems occur in the middle of the night, headquarters can seem very far away. • ...