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Interview: The Flashy OM5 Fiber Tells All

August 23, 2017 by CablesAndKits

Today we caught up with the brightly dressed fiber cable, OM5 for an amazing interview. We had the opportunity to take a deeper look into what makes OM5 who he is, and how he is related to the other fiber cables.

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Filed Under: Product Guides & FAQ's Tagged With: Fiber, Fiber Optic Cable, OM5

Everything you need to know about fiber optic cables- Including OM5

July 31, 2017 by CablesAndKits

You’ve started a project to upgrade your network but not sure of what fiber cables you need. Should the cables be single-mode or multi-mode? Is there a specific length or speed needed? All of these questions are great to ask as you prepare your network project and think of future upgrades. Here is everything you need to know about fiber cables including the newest fiber type, OM5.

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Filed Under: Product Guides & FAQ's, Technology Tagged With: Fiber, Fiber Optic Cable, Multimode Fiber, OM5, Singlemode Fiber

What is an SFP and How is it Used?

July 14, 2017 by Shanyce Watkins

UPDATE: Please visit the update and more indepth version of the “What is an SFP?” article in our new CK Learning Center.

Mayday, mayday. We have a problem! We have two switches who desperately want to talk to each other but the walls of their switch cabinets are restricting conversation and they are located 7 feet away from each other. Luckily there is a transceiver that can help us out: the small form-factor pluggable.

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Filed Under: Product Guides & FAQ's, Technology, Technology Explained Tagged With: Cisco Original, Cisco Switch, Fiber network, Gbic, SFP, Third Party SFP, Transceivers

Does the Name Brand Really Matter?

June 6, 2017 by CablesAndKits

Any Costco fans out there?

I certainly am…for some things.  I am also the first to admit that it took most of my entire lifetime to arrive at that point.  There was just some unfounded stigma about using an item that wasn’t a name brand.  Not to mention, I didn’t want my guests to see anything in my cabinets like that.

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Filed Under: Product Guides & FAQ's, Technology Tagged With: 1000Base-SX, cablesandkits, Cisco, Cisco Original, Cisco Switch, Fiber, Gigabit, LC Connector, Multimode Fiber, OM3, OM4, OM5, SFP, Third Party Compatible

New Year, New CK and of course, New Products

February 8, 2017 by Shanyce Watkins

Is it too late to say Happy New Year? We don’t think so considering some of us are restarting our new year resolutions in February. January was our trial free month. Now excuse me as I go for a brisk walk around the building a few times to get my steps in. (Yes, I am participating in a FitBit challenge, judge me)

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Filed Under: Inside CablesAndKits, Product Guides & FAQ's Tagged With: cablesandkits, cat5e, cat6, Cisco, Dell, Hard Drives, HP, new Year, Servers

Bring Color to Your IP Phone

November 16, 2016 by Shanyce Watkins

Remember the time when our TV’s only showed in black and white and the sense of color was only a figment of our imagination? Yeah me neither, I’m too young but I bet it would be weird. In other news, CablesAndKits recently added two brand new lines to our IP phone family and we are super stoked about them. Not like hearing about the posibility of colonizing other planets, but seriously we are geeked out! We are talking full color with Bluetooth, WI-FI capabilities, and USB ports. Lets jump into the details:

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Filed Under: Product Guides & FAQ's, Technology Explained Tagged With: 7800 Series VOIP, 8800 Series VOIP, cablesandkits, Cisco, IT, Phones, Servers, VOIP, VoIP Phones

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