Fiber Optic Pigtail: What Is It and How to Splice It

Fiber Optic Pigtail In fiber optic cable installation, how cables are attached to the system is vital to the success of network. If done properly, optical signals would pass through the link with low attenuation and little return loss. Fiber optic pigtail offers an optimal way to joint optical fiber, which is used in 99% of single-mode applications. [...]

Proper Vertical Rack Cable Management Solutions

Proper Vertical Rack Cable Management Rack cable management (RCM) is one of the most pressing challenges encountered by most network installers and IT technicians in server rooms and data centers. It contains six different parts: horizontal cable management, vertical cable management, overhead cable tray systems, copper or fiber patch panel, labeling [...]

Top 9 Cable Management Accessories to Get Cables Under Control

Cable Management Accessories Today’s high-density sever and networking applications demand several kinds of infrastructures that can mount a mix of different equipment and support high-capacity cable management in an efficient and flexible design. So cable management plays an important role in the networking system. Organizing and managing the tremendous amount [...]

Useful Tips for Selecting PoE Cables

Useful Tips for Selecting PoE Cables PoE technology allows a single PoE network cable to provide the required communication and electrical power to a variety of devices. This article will give you some guidance for your Ethernet cable selections in PoE deployment. Power Over Ethernet Standards Power over Ethernet (PoE) stands for [...]

Fiber Optic Cable Types: Single Mode vs Multimode Fiber Cable

Single Mode vs Multimode Fiber Cable Although single mode fiber (SMF) and multimode fiber (MMF) optic cable types are widely used in diverse applications, the differences between single mode fiber and multimode fiber optic cables are still confusing. This article will focus on the basic construction, fiber distance, cost, fiber color, etc., to make [...]

Fiber Optic Cable Storage Tips

Fiber Optic Cable Storage Tips Fiber optic cables are sensitive to excessive pulling, bending, twisting, crushing and other impact forces, which may alter the fiber property and may pose threats to its performance. Therefore, optical cable should be stored and handled in an appropriate way. This article offers fiber optic cable [...]

How to Install Twisted-Pair Cable Connectors

Install Twisted-Pair Cable Connectors Currently, twisted pair copper cabling (particularly the UTP cabling) is the most ubiquitous for LAN and telephone installations. For twisted pair connection, you may need a crimping tool to push the metal contacts inside the cable connector onto the individual conductors in the cable. This tutorial [...]

What Is It and How to Splice It

What Is It and How to Splice It In fiber optic cable installation, how cables are attached to the system is vital to the success of network. If done properly, optical signals would pass through the link with low attenuation and little return loss. Fiber optic pigtail offers an optimal way to joint optical fiber, which is used [...]

Two Types of Fiber Optic Termination: Connector and Splicing

Connector and Splicing Fiber optic termination refers to a physical connection of fiber or wire to a device. It is a necessary step for installing a fiber optic network, which provides easy ways for fiber cross connection and light wave signal distribution. There are generally two ways how we terminate [...]