As demand skyrockets for high-speed Internet access, metropolitan-area networks are developing as the crucial link between local-area networks and long-haul or wide-area networks. In one sense, metro ...

It may mean snaking optical fiber through sewer lines and old tunnels or burying conduits in public transportation rights-of-way, but the city of Chicago is setting plans to build a high-speed ...

Foundry last week launched a router and switch products aimed at the core and edge of carrier metropolitan area networks. The NetIron Internet and Metro Router (IMR) 640 is targeted at the networks of ...

Electronic equipment rental company Livingston has invested heavily in metropolitan area network (man) equipment in preparation for what the company thinks will be a relative boom in the market ...

Historically, access links have been the great bottleneck for wide-area networking, and, by extension, these same access links have also limited the feasibility of metro networks. Since the ...

A wide area network spans a large geographic area such as a city, state, or country. It can be private to connect parts of a business, or it can be public to connect smaller networks. The easiest way ...

According to the Palo Alto, Calif.-based vendor, the software update is for ProCurve Switch series 8200, 6200, 5400 and 3500. The update also includes a new feature called QinQ, which lets customers ...