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Excellent Guide for 100BASE-FX Communication Technology

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© Ugur Akinci

Here is an excellent introduction-level guide to the 100BASE-FX communication technology that is used widely today in countless fiber optic networks.

If you’re a technical writer working in the hi-tech industry, sooner or later you’ll encounter a network manual or another hi-tech guide that mentions 100BASE-FX [...]

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Network Documentation: “What’s a HUB, a SWITCH, and a ROUTER?”

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© Ugur Akinci

Network terminology comes up in all kinds of hi-tech documentation, whether you’re documenting a network or not since there are a lot of software-hardware systems out there that are installed as one network or another. So it would really help you if you knew the basics [...]

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What’s the Difference Between a “Straight-Through Cable” and a “Crossover Cable”?

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In networking, there are two main types of cables used. If you’re a technical writer documenting networks, you should be familiar with these basic terms.

Straight-Through Cable

This is (usually) a CAT-5 network cable used between a PC and a network hub. The eight terminals on [...]

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