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Where Is Cisco UCS Headed?

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Matthew Norwood
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If you happen to read my writing(as infrequent as it is these days), you know that I am a networking focused person. I live my day to day within the walls of routing, switching, wireless, and other “network centric” platforms … Continue reading →

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Easier Cabling Migrations

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Matthew Norwood
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Switching upgrades are a necessary part of any network over a given period of time. Port speed requirements change. Platforms change. What doesn’t seem to change as often are the cables themselves. This is especially true in wiring closets. While … Continue reading →

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Inside Wireless Hardware – Part 2

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Matthew Norwood
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In part one of this series, I looked at wireless access points from Meraki and Ruckus. I also looked at a controller from Ruckus and an old Linksys wireless card. In part two, I am going to look at AP’s … Continue reading →

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Inside Wireless Hardware – Part 1

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Matthew Norwood
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This post is about me taking wireless hardware apart and taking pictures of it. I’m not going to bore you with stories of me as a child taking things apart, because to be quite honest, I wasn’t that kid. I … Continue reading →

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