Gigabyte Ethernet is a standardized network technology, which describes the Ethernet systems to operate at 1000 mbps. Gigabyte Ethernet is a fastest Ethernet standard and they allow the data transfer at one gigabyte per second.
LAN Switching is a local area network technology that provides the maximum bandwidth and this technology is being used to resolve the network congestion, bottleneck and other performance related issues. Switching is the technology that reduces the traffic and increase the bandwidth and the switches that are used are known as LAN switches.
VLAN
VLAN stands for Virtual Local Area Network. VALN is a logical entity and its configurations and creation is controlled through the software. A VLAN is required if you have more than 200 devices in your LAN and lot of broadcast traffic and divide the network into the different logical segments to have the optimized performance. VLAN controls the bandwidth and offer the high performance and security to your LAN.
Routing
Routers are used as a most important component in the WAN and they can be hardware or software based. Routing carry out the two important tasks in a network i.e. they select the best shortest path and they transmit the information packets across that path. Routers communicate with each other and maintain the routing table.
VPN
A VPN stands for virtual private network and it is a communication network that is tunneled through another network usually internet. VPN can link the enterprise offices, reduce the operation cost, allow customization of security and quality of service and provide the secure communication by using the Point to Point Tunneling Protocol, PPTP, L2TP, SSL and IP sec. VPN can be used in the home, small offices and in the enterprises.
IP Telephony
VOIP or IP telephony carry the voice signals over internet or the packet switched networks PSTN. VOIP can transmit more than 1 telephone call through the same broadband connection. Additionally, it provides the 3-way calling, call forwarding, call id, call waiting and other features. VOIP can be integrated with the other audio and video services. VOIP is a location independent service and can be used anywhere in the world with the access of broadband VOIP operator.
Storage Networking
Storage Area Networking or SAN is a network architecture that is designed to attach the remote storage area devices such as disk arrays, tapes and others in such a way that devices seems to be attached locally. SAN uses SCSI protocols for communication between the servers and the remote storage devices. Sharing storage simply the storage administration and you don’t have to physically move from one server to another. SAN uses the fiber channel technology for the faster and reliable access.