Brad Gilmer
Latest articles by Brad Gilmer
Video-over-IP challenges
By Brad Gilmer published
Last month's column covered some of the fundamentals of sending real-time video over packetized networks. This month, I will discuss the challenges designers
The name game
By Brad Gilmer published
Domain Name Systems are a core component of all broadcast networks.
Modern archives
By Brad Gilmer published
These days, as movie studios, broadcasters and post houses move from tape to digital facilities, the nature of their archives is changing.
Video over IP
By Brad Gilmer published
Video over Internet Protocol (IP) affects just about all video-related industries — broadcast, post, news and live sports.
Video transport
By Brad Gilmer published
FEC can reconstruct the missing packets at the receiving end.
WAN security
By Brad Gilmer published
As broadcasters deploy networking throughout their facilities, security is a constant concern. Many facilities have developed comprehensive security policies
NETCASTING'S CATCH
By Brad Gilmer published
Internet-based efforts such as YouTube and Google Video are increasing the demand for video to the desktop. Newscasts with video have been available for
Compression issues
By Brad Gilmer published
Compression is a core enabling technology for the digital television revolution. Without it, digital television simply would not be possible. It allows
The accidental system administrator
By Brad Gilmer published
The interesting thing about this phenomenon is that there are people reading this column right now who are system administrators in their organizations but don’t realize it
Troubleshooting networks
By Brad Gilmer published
Learn to locate “invisible” servers, and how to setup firewalls for specialized applications in this tutorial on troubleshooting networks for broadcast operations.
High-speed networks
By Brad Gilmer published
Just what constitutes a high-speed network depends upon your point of view. If you are running a 10Base-T network using a simple hub, then a 100Base-T
Building disaster-resistant computer networks
By Brad Gilmer published
Building disaster-resistant computer networks with fault tolerance and high availability.
The accidental system administrator
By Brad Gilmer published
It is interesting how one becomes a system administrator. In my case, it sort of snuck up on me. A new piece of equipment arrived, and it required a user
Internet network protocols
By Brad Gilmer published
A short primer on Internet network protocols for production professionals covers a few of the major protocols in use today
Data-backup technology and techniques
By Brad Gilmer published
Here’s a look at the technology and techniques you can use to back up your facility’s precious data.
Post-production networks
By Brad Gilmer published
Having an industrial-strength network is one way to enable collaborative workflow
SAN and NAS: A practical guide
By Brad Gilmer published
SAN or NAS? The two systems use fundamentally different approaches to providing users with access to shared storage, each with its own unique benefits. The choice is yours
Network cabling and infrastructure
By Brad Gilmer published
To get the most out of your network infrastructure, pay attention to details such as cabling. There are always areas in which a good engineer can economize,
Network cabling and infrastructure
By Brad Gilmer published
Need Ethernet cables? Make sure you buy the right kind. Need to wire them yourself? Here’s how
Video over IP
By Brad Gilmer published
Find out why it’s so hard to use the Internet as a broadcast medium.
Media asset-management systems
By Brad Gilmer published
Discover how these content-location systems work and find out how to best implement one at your facility.
Virtual LANs
By Brad Gilmer published
The term VLAN stands for virtual local area network. To understand VLANs, let's start with a network design that does not employ VLANs. Figure 1 shows
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