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ATEK Communications has been offering LAN/WAN networks and 10 BT/100BT switches and now has avaiialble quality- low cost gigabit ethernet switches.We offer these gigabit ethenet switches either in managed or un- managed switches designed for small-regional offices.We have been recently approved as a certified Wideband gigabit ethernet switch reseller and can offer end to end system integration of these gigabit switches to mid to large sized corporate users. The managed gigabit switches from wideband compete extremely well against Cicso, 3Com and others in not only price- but no manufacturer can match Wideband's system performance.. The Wideband gigabit ethernet switches are the only gigabit ethernet switches in the world that can deliver gigabit ethernet performance without rewiring- that will save your company thousands of dollars.

. The Wideband gigabit ethernet switches are the only gigabit ethernet switches in the world that can deliver gigabit ethernet performance without rewiring- that will save your company thousands of dollars. We also have un-managed gigabit ethernet switches for small business through Egig- a division of Wideband.

Tests and existing system cutovers prove that you can get gigabit performance up to and over 200 meters using existing CAT 5 cable. Furthermore- Wideband can get 200 meter gigabit performance using using CAT 3 CABLE! ATEK does not recommend using "CAT 3 cable" as in the future- other cabling standards (such as CAT 7 and beyond) may not be acheived over CAT 3 cable. You- the customer should however be aware that this gigabit performance is available for you today- if you need the performance- but do not have the finances/ or physical limitations to remove your old cable plant - and replace it with CAT 5e or CAT 6 cable.The Gigabit Market
A revolution is taking place in networks today. Just as 100BASE-T displaced 10BASE-T as the networking standard, now 1000BASE-T (Gigabit Ethernet over copper) is taking over as the most common type of networking installed. According to industry analyst firm IDC, worldwide sales of Gigabit Ethernet are already now exceeding those of 10/100 Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet is not just for the enterprise anymore. Conscious buyers in medium and small businesses also see Gigabit as the best price/performance networking technology. As yet, no clear leader has emerged as the solution for this new type of Gigabit user.

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Cabling Problems
Not all Gigabit equipment is created equal. Throughout the early days of Gigabit adoption, users have often been warned of its failings on copper cabling. These physical layer issues were shown to cause bandwidth losses as high as 85% on some segments. New cable standards including Category 5e and Category 6 were ratified in answer to the problem, yet retransmissions continue to plague many Gigabit products.

eGig's Enhanced Gigabit
New advancements in technology and innovative designs have allowed eGig to introduce a new line of Gigabit Ethernet products with the ability to not only "work" on copper cabling but to provide full Gigabit bandwidth. Available in several sizes and port configurations, this product line is changing the way users in small and medium sized networks look at what Gigabit performance means.

Reliability Shows
The technologies found in eGig's Gigabit products show not just in their performance but also in their resiliency and reliability. Many network segments that are intermittent using other products become stable when eGig products are used. After eGig equipment is installed, it runs and runs.

More than just Gigabit
Customers looking for a network manufacturer to provide a total solution will be pleased to learn that eGig products cover a wide spectrum of solutions. eGig solutions also include 10/100 Products, Broadband Routers, Firewalls, Wireless, Storage and Mobile Computing.

Quality Products
Today's sophisticated network users are more concerned than ever about the quality of the computer products they buy. Too many have experienced the aggravation and loss of time that a lower quality product can cause. Now even price-conscious buyers are looking for quality as a higher priority than even the price.

Incredible Prices
Many networking vendors buy their products from distributors in Asia who buy the products from the actual manufacturers. Then the vendor sells the product to local distributors who sell to VARs who then finally sell to the end user. eGig bypasses distribution on both ends and sells directly to VARs. This translates into lower prices to the end user and better support since some margin is left for the Reseller involved.

Tier-1 Support
When calling for tech support at other vendors, it is not uncommon for a customer to wait on hold for 45 minutes before speaking to a person, only to be told that a specialist will have to call them back within a few days. Off shore attendants are often also hard for some customers to understand because of language barriers. eGig provides US based enterprise-class tech support and customer service even to very small network users. Customers calling eGig support get right to a real person who can answer their questions with access to product engineering personnel when needed.

Recent developments have changed the way the industry looks at Gigabit Ethernet switching. Cost barriers and problems working on existing wiring have been eliminated, resulting in widespread adoption. See what applications are driving Gigabit Ethernet deployment, how productivity is being increased and what migration strategies are recommended. ATEK Communications installs the Wideband family of gigabit ethernet switches, SMC gigabit ethernet switches, Netgear Gigabit Ethernet Switches, Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switches, 3Com Gigabit ethernet switches , Nortel gigabit ethernet switches and HP gigabit Ethernet switches.

The WideBand Difference-Gigabit Without Re-Wiring!

Most Gigabit Ethernet Switch products require optimum wiring environments with Category 5e or higher. While these products often still connect in less than perfect environments, the result is a number of retransmissions. Just a 1% retransmission rate reduces the bandwidth by 80% (see chart). WideBand products are WGNA Certified to work on all types of Category 5 at 100 meters with less than 1 bit per million error rate. This means the full Gigabit of bandwidth can be delivered Without Rewiring..

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NETGEAR has packed a lot of value into this compact gigabt ethernet switch. Start with high port density in a one unit box, add two gigabit ethernet uplinks to give an added edge to any growing business, then add key switch management capabilities and you have a powerful switch that costs a lot less than you'd expect.

Forty-eight 10/100 Mbps ports and two copper Gigabit Ethernet ports connect to servers or a Gigabit-speed backbone for a non-stop, always available 10/100/1000-enabled network that can quickly deliver large multimedia, image, and video files. All 50 shielded RJ-45 ports automatically negotiate to the highest speed and support Auto Uplink» technology to make the right link. The intuitive, Web-browser interface offers simple switch management, making it a snap to monitor switch performance, configure ports, even set up trunks, VLANs, and prioritization. Shipped ready to go straight out of the box, it delivers switching that's easy to set up and use.

Powerful-Two RJ-45 copper Gigabit ports make it possible to create high-speed connections to a server or network backbone.Intelligent-Smart Switch capability enables the most key management features for the price of an unmanaged switch. Included are performance monitoring, port configuration, VLAN for traffic control, port trunking for increased bandwidth, and Class of Service (CoS) for traffic prioritization.Right Sized- Ideal for growing businesses who want the benefits of management without the cost and complexity of a fully SNMP-capable network.Well Designed-LEDs located on the front panel make switch status easy to observe and troubleshooting easy to accomplish. Made to last, this durable switch is housed in a 17-inch metal box and comes with a rack mounting kit.Management at an Unmanaged Price- Joining NETGEAR's family of Smart Switches with simple switch management at no extra cost, this 24-port Gigabit switch is high on value and capability. With 24 10/100/1000 Mbps ports, each capable of powering 2000 Mbps of data throughput in full-duplex mode, plus two optional fiber ports, it provides fast backbone and connects servers or power users, delivering large amounts of multimedia, image, and video information in no time at all. Ideal for combining 10, 100, and 1000 Mbps devices it delivers 10/100/1000 automatic speed and full/half-duplex sensing plus Auto Uplink» on every port. Two hot-swappable Small Formfactor Pluggable (SFP)** GBIC slots provide optional fiber connectivity for greater distance. An intuitive, web-browser interface offers simple switch management, making it a snap to monitor switch performance, configure ports, even set up trunks, VLANs, and prioritization.High Powered Twenty-four 10/100/1000 ports deliver non-blocking, full-speed packet forwarding with 48 Gbps bandwidth migrates your network to future-proof functionality. Two SFP GBIC fiber slots provide optional fiber connectivity for greater distance.

 


SMC8612T
TigerSwitch™ 10/100/1000 Standalone 12-port 10/100/1000 Managed L2 Switch.The SMC8612T is a 12-port Gigabit 10/100/1000 managed switch that delivers the power of 24 Gbps in a rack-mountable 1RU footprint. The SMC8612T provides 12 auto-MDIX tri-speed ports over a feature-rich platform, without requiring your Ethernet network to be rewired. Four onboard mini-GBIC slots are provided for optional fiber plug-in modules. Features onboard this small but robust switch include security authentication with RADIUS or SSH, complete Quality of Service (QoS) for today’s multimedia applications (including VLANs with GVRP and IGMP snooping), support for jumbo frames up to 9K in size, and management tools such as SNMP, RMON, Spanning Tree. The SMC8612T also provides port trunking, port mirroring, RADIUS, IEEE802.1x for network-access authentication, and SSH/SSL encryption for network-management traffic. The SMC8612T is ideal for environments that require power applications or gradual network migration toward Gigabit Ethernet. Back by Limited Lifetime Warranty and free 24/7 technical support, the SMC8612T is perfect for bandwidth-hungry wiring networks.

ATEK Communications Gigabit Switch Network Installations

ATEK Communications has been installing networks and switches in the Bay Area for years. ATEK has been recently approved as a certified Wideband switch reseller. The Wideband gigabit ehthernet switches are the only switches in the world that can deliver gigabit ethernet without rewiring that will save your company thousands of dollars.

Gigabit Ethernet Without Rewiring - WideBand has been a leading manufacturer of Gigabit-over-copper networking since 1994 and was a developer of the first pre-standard products. When the standard began to be formed, WideBand president Dr. Roger E. Billings was an active member of the steering committee that developed the technologies found in today’s IEEE 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet. Many of the underlying technologies of the standard, including the method for full duplex transmission and the elimination of data collisions, were originally developed at WideBand.

WideBand products are made in the USA to the highest quality standards and possess a uniquely robust signal that allows full Gigabit bandwidth even on less than perfect installs of Category 5 and 5e cabling. and can deliver Gigabit connections up to 200 meters on Category 5 cable and 100 meters over Category 3 cable. To show signal headroom, WideBand Gigabit products are even demonstrated working over barbed wire!

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Whether your company is a small or medium-sized business or large, corporate enterprise, make your migration to Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet faster and easier with these products from Wideband, Allied Telesyn, Telco Systems, Netgear,Intel and Cisco. All our gigabit ethernet switches are tested for proven interoperability. With Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networking products from Intel and Cisco, it's simple to bring the performance of Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet to your servers, desktops and storage networks .

WideBand Corporation has developed a line of Ethernet Products that operate 100 Meters over standard Category 5 cable. There is no longer any need to rewire with Cat 5E before upgrading to Gigabit Ethernet.

With the layer 2 patented switching technology from Wideband, you can get LAN Gigabit Ethernet performance - without rewiring. Yes- you can get Gigabit Ethernet over CAT 3, CAT 5, CAT 5e- as long as you maintain your EIA-TIA distances of not over 90 meters- per cable run.

Call us for addtional information on this technology- You will be more than amazed.

High-Speed, Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Switching
Now you can enjoy full Layer 3, Gigabit functionality at an affordable price. The Wideband Managed Gigabit Switch provides maximum throughput and flexibility for demanding networks, with all the Layer 3 features you expect. This 10/100/1000 switch addresses today's high-performance requirements, while providing the control you need – and the future proofing you want. Wideband Switches are ideal as a backbone for 10/100 switches, SAN- or Terrabit Server transport servers, Gigabit servers, or as the robust core of a demanding, all-Gigabit network.

Wideband Switches can be used to inexpensively off-load routers that are segmenting your network and lay the groundwork for new IP-based services. Layer 3 routing combined with Quality of Service, bandwidth provisioning and access control features enable Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony, video conferencing, and other cost-saving applications.

Wideband Switches provide Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Switching over both Layer 2 and Layer 3 managed switching functionality. Its high-performance design offers a comprehensive set of features:

  • Routing: IPv4 routing at wire speed, with up to 512 routes per unit; VRRP (IP redundancy), ICMP, RIP I and RIP II, OSPF2**, and DHCP/BOOTP relay
  • Switching: Port trunking, broadcast storm protection, extensive VLAN support, IGMP snooping, Rapid Spanning Tree, and link aggregation
  • Quality of Service: DiffServ, access control lists, and bandwidth provisioning
Wideband Switches provide the connection flexibility of 24 Copper Gigabit ports, and four small form-factor pluggable (SFP) modules, sold separately. All ports are auto-negotiating and support Auto Uplink™ technology.

Robust
Wideband Switches provides powerful, high-performance data routing and forwarding via 24 auto-sensing, auto-negotiating, Gigabit Ethernet ports. 24 ports are copper Gigabit Ethernet, with four ports offering optional hot-swappable SFP slots, enabling fiber connections.

Non- Blocking Easier Network Management
All the Wideband Switches are simple to set up and use, with an intuitive browser interface for easy configuration. Choose from two management interface options – an easy-to-follow, browser-based interface, and a command line interface, available through console or Telnet. Configuration files can be loaded and saved using TFTP, reducing the need for on-site administration.

Versatile
A comprehensive set of Layer 3 features provides strong functionality in any network. For example, RIP routing for smaller networks and OSPF2 routing for larger, more complex networks. The Wideband Switches help maximize your network capabilities – and your return on investment.

Cost Effective
Call us after reading the technical data. For less than half of the cost of some of our competitor's switches, you will get the latest technology and not even have to rewire to get Gigabit Ethernet.

Upgrading FDDI to Gigabit Ethernet

ATEK is a certified design-build reseller of MRV switches and also offers a FDDI- Gigabit Ethernet migration solution.The Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) protocol has been in common use in network backbones for a decade. FDDI provides a shared 100Mbps connection amongst many nodes using a ring topology. In most cases, individual hosts are connected to this backbone through bridges that attach many 10Mbps Ethernet connections to the 100Mbps FDDI backbone. FDDI allows ring-length to be up to 2km in distance, over multimode fiber-optic cabling, and is in common use in campus Enterprise backbones, especially in the government and financial industries. Most installations also use a redundant ring for backup purposes.

As application bandwidth has grown over the last decade, FDDI networks have been unable to scale to match the requirements. Today it is necessary to have well over 100Mbps on the network backbone, and so switched Gigabit Ethernet is a common choice to leave room for future growth. Unfortunately, the distance limitation over multimode fiber using Gigabit Ethernet is 550m, when using standard fiber-optic interface types.

MRV has developed a unique technology, Gigabit Multimode Extension (GMX), which actually couples enough power into multimode fiber to run Gigabit Ethernet to distances of well over 2km. This simple yet powerful technology actually allows Gigabit Ethernet to be a drop-in replacement for FDDI. Without GMX, the network infrastructure must be replaced; that is, multimode fiber-optic cabling must be switched to single-mode fiber-optic cabling. In addition, typical single-mode Gigabit Ethernet prices are much higher than GMX prices, allowing both a cost-elimination in the fiber-optic cabling and a cost-reduction in the network equipment itself. MRV's OptiSwitch family of switching and routing products, as well as the FiberDriver line of physical layer products provide GMX technology to bypass the limits of traditional multimode fiber.

Gigabit Ethernet technology by itself does not provide the ring-redundancy that FDDI provides, however MRV offers a wide range of standards-based redundancy protocols, including Rapid Spanning Tree for a fast fail-over to backup fiber-optic connections. Since typical FDDI networks have 2 fiber-optic pairs running from each device to the next in the ring, it is quite simple to use redundant Gigabit Ethernet connections. MRV also provides optical fail-over equipment to protect the individual fiber-optic connections and cables. Optionally, the network administrator can choose to use Link Aggregation technology instead of redundancy technology to interconnect the devices. Using Link Aggregation, the fail-over capability still exists, but the secondary link is kept active to supply extra backbone bandwidth.

When upgrading from FDDI to Gigabit Ethernet, one must be sure to check the fiber-optic distances and make decisions about what kind of topology and redundancy to implement. If the distances from device to device are small enough, standard Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-SX) technology is sufficient. For larger distances, MRV provides the unique GMX technology to extend each link up to 2km. MRV equipment also provides a wide range of topologies and redundancy protocols, either at Layer-2 or Layer-3, allowing a seamless upgrade to connect the 10Mbps, or even 100Mbps end-stations to a Gigabit Ethernet backbone. This solution removes the backbone bottleneck and even allows room for future growth without any change to the network infrastructure.

 

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Fiber Optic Testing Equipment

ATEK also offers fiber opic testing. ATEK can assist your organization whether you need central office testing or outside plant singlemode splicing. For example, there are two methods to measure test loss, single-ended loss and double-ended loss. Single-ended loss works by using only the launch cable while the double-ended loss works by using a received cable attached to the meter also. All are technicians are certified by the manufacturers we represent to perform the tests.

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