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Zyxel GS1350-18HP: review of long-range PoE switch for surveillance

This model is designed specifically for video surveillance systems, and the switch supports remote reloading of PoE cameras, continuous power supply, and most importantly - connecting cameras at a distance of up to 250 meters. This is the function we will test with passion. Never in my life have I crimped so much cable as in this test. It would seem that I have always remembered the color sequence, repeating it over and over again as a spell: "orange with a stripe, orange, green with a ...
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Zyxel ZyWall VPN2S and NWA1123-ACv2: VPN router for small office

A simple device that you can use to disable your employees ' access to entertainment sites, block Internet access to entire categories of websites, set up a fast VPN and fault-tolerant operation of two providers. Go back to the days when the VPN gateway was a large metal piece of hardware that could only be configured by a specially trained system administrator. Today dictates new conditions: more and more employees work remotely, continuing to work hard even during vacations. And when in ...
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ZyXel GS2220-10HP PoE Switch Review

Zyxel Gigabit PoE Switches have proven themselves well in projects for mini hotels and small business centers, and little by little Zyxel is migrating all of its business products to the cloud-based management system, Nebula. New - just from the series when you have all the functionality plus control from the cloud. Step by step, Zyxel is migrating all of its business products to a cloud-based management system, Nebula. This is understandable: one common online shell more than replaces many ...
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10 things you need to know about SD-WAN

SD-WAN is the hottest new technology on the network, and many distributed organizations are already or will soon adopt this technology. We will give you 10 main points about SD-WAN technology that will allow you to make a decision about using it in your company. SD-WAN is the hottest new technology on the network, and many distributed organizations are already or will soon adopt this technology. We will give you 10 main points about SD-WAN technology that will allow you to make a decision ...
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Why I gave up Mikrotik - 5 reasons that can affect everyone

Good-bye, dear friend! After 4 years of working with the Mikrotik router, I suddenly decided to finally restore order in the network infrastructure, and then it turned out that it has problems with the network, the switch slows down, updates are incompatible with previous ones, and technical support is silent. Mikrotik routers are bought when you need to achieve something more from the network infrastructure, for example, configure two dozen Firewall rules, enable DPI, divide several Internet ...
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Enterprise-class network switch Netgear ProSafe 24+2 L2 (FSM726)

As a rule, such network switches are considered as workhorses in enterprises of different classes, from small to large. 24 local copper 100-megabit ports, 2 trunk combined SFP / copper, support for 512 static VLANs. To connect a remote warehouse with the Central office, to connect offices to the Central network, and even if you want-to distribute the Internet provider at home or a small business center. Fortunately, the switch allows you to very accurately limit the port bandwidth. 24-port ...
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Creating a modern Wi-Fi network of the 802.11 ac standard based on solutions from Zyxel

ZyXel, a major manufacturer of network equipment for home and small businesses, today offers a range of solutions for Wi-Fi networks of the 802.11 ac standard. This is a series of compact access points, gigabit switches with PoE ports for powering these devices, PoE injectors and nebula cloud management technology, which makes it easier to monitor and configure the entire network infrastructure, even distributed across different cities. Today, the days have passed when having a Wi-Fi network ...
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Netis ST3310GF, 8+2 managed switch review

Today we will look at a 10-port second-level Gigabit SNMP switch designed for the SMB segment. In fact, behind the words "small business segment", there is a functionality that a few years ago was found only in the most top-end enterprise-class switches. Here you can configure ports, traffic shaping, and advanced information for each packet, and authorization via vlan and RADIUS, and all this at the price of a good home Internet router. Not so long ago, we considered the 10-port ...
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Managed switch NETGEAR GS108T v2 - the best option for connecting NAS in the office

A very interesting gigabit managed switch for small offices. NETGEAR has provided it with features such as support for virtual networks, channel aggregation, automatic allocation of VOIP traffic for VoIP networks, as well as the ability to backup power over PoE in case of problems in the 220V network. And all this - in a budget model with 8 ports, which is ideal for creating aggregations for connecting a server or NAS to corporate networks. Almost all modern file servers for home and small ...