TAP Into Technology Blog: Network Design (7)
Design-IT Solutions: How to TAP a Wireless Access Point
The addition of wireless connections or “Wi-Fi” to networks has provided a cost-effective way to allow endpoints to communicate with both back-end resources and each other. Traditionally, copper cabling would need to be run throughout a...
The Legacy Effect on Industrial Networks
If you read enough articles about the evolution of industrial networks, you might think the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is set to take over the world. And while it’s important to plan ahead for the significant changes that IIoT...
Design-IT Solutions: How to monitor your 100G network with incompatible tools
As networks continue to grow and threats become more pervasive, the need to react quickly to changes in the state of your network is higher than ever. One way of making your control over your network more agile is through Software Defined...
Fiber Optical Networking
Greater Data Speeds but New Challenges to Consider As we begin seeing much higher bandwidth speeds for data communications using fiber optical connections and enter into the non-linear world of photonic communications, many things will...
The 101 Series: Filtering TAPs
In our 101 network TAP series, we have explained the functionality of the various network TAPs that are available to gain access to the traffic that is typically found in a network. We have reviewed passive fiber TAPs, copper network TAPs,...
Design-IT Solutions: Bypass TAPs add resiliency to the edge of the network
The Network Edge is one of the most important aspects of a network: it facilitates the ingress, egress, security, and optimization of network traffic. Any downtime in the edge will have a direct, negative effect on productivity and will...