Peplink Adds CAT 12 Modems
Peplink has announced their full portfolio of FirstNet ready products allowing Public Safety and all other First Responding agencies to deploy reliable and cost-effective wireless networks. Peplink has been a leader in wireless networks for Public Safety, Fire Departments, EMS and other emergency organizations. Now the reliability and power is extended to the FirstNet system.
Failover is the SD-WAN term for automated switching from a primary WAN source to a secondary or back-up WAN. The Internet connection on any network comes in through a WAN (Wide Area Network). A WAN connection can originate from any of several sources: cable, DSL, fiber, satellite, or even cellular. Failover technology is built into a router, but not all routers are failover capable, and different routers have different levels of failover. Every router takes an incoming WAN connection and distributes it to connected users on the LAN (Local Area Network). A failover router can manage two or more incoming WAN sources and dynamically switch between them.
5G is still mostly a future technology, but it will represent a revolution in connection speed. Industry predictions say that within five years or less 5G will be the prevailing technology in mobile broadband communications, and could eventually be the tech that frees us from wires completely. But the current, limited testing environments will not meet our connection needs today or even in the near future. How do we proceed with our personal and business connectivity when 5G it not available for our immediate needs?
Summer is emerging and people are heading for travel and adventure. A few people will jump into nature with only survival tools, but most of us still want our normal comforts, like staying connected away from the strong signals of home. Connection is so important that Airstream received the New Horizons award at RVX: The RV Experience in Salt Lake City, Utah. Airstream’s new trailers include their Airstream Connected technology. The Airstream technology uses a cellular router with a high performance antenna to provide Wi-Fi internet access both inside and outside the RV. While the Airstream Connected package is custom designed for their trailers, anyone who wants to be connected far away from home can get the same technology with a cellular router and a high quality antenna. With these tools RVers heading to the woods and sailors on the open water can stay connected even where smart phones struggle for a signal.
When IT hardware is new it can make sense to stay with an OEM maintenance contract to meet warranty requirements. However, once the warranty period expires it is usually beneficial to switch to a Third Party Maintenance contract (TPM). It is well known that Third Party Maintenance provides a significant cost savings, but there are other advantages to TPM for out of warranty hardware.