Cisco came out tops in a Network World Clear Choice Test of 10G switches against gear from ProCurve, Extreme, Foundry, Alcatel-Lucent, Dell and D-Link (named in the order of their products’ test ...

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Last week we brought you the story of how Nortel won a large contract with the City of San Jose, in Cisco’s backyard. This week we tell you how the company did it – and it involves a new 10 Gigabit ...

Cisco’s Catalyst C1300-8MGP-2X enterprise-class Ethernet switch manages small and medium-sized networks at speeds up to 10Gb. It has eight wired interfaces, a 120W PoE, and two 10G SFP sockets. The ...

A TechRepublic reader recently e-mailed me to ask about limiting the bandwidth on a Cisco Catalyst switch port. In fact, there are a number of uses for this configuration. Let's take a closer look. A ...

Is Cisco gear high-priced but worth the investment because of quality support and advanced features -- or just plain high-priced? Cisco Systems Inc. is the dominant LAN switch vendor, both in the ...

10GBASE-Lr 1310-nm SFP+ (LC) for up to 10 km over SMF 10GBASE-Sr 850-nm SFP+ (LC) for up to 300 m over MMF (oM3) 10GBASE-LrM 1310-nm SFP+ (LC) for up to 220 m over MMF (oM2) 1000BASE-LX 1310-nm SFP ...

In a security alert published today, Cisco has advised owners of Nexus switches to disable a feature called PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) for security reasons. POAP is currently enabled by default ...

The C1300-8MGP-2X enterprise switch brings 2.5Gb and SFP technologies to a home office with minimum fuss thanks to a well-designed mobile app. The passively cool unit offers a 120W PoE budget for ...