Brad Gilmer

Discover how these content-location systems work and find out how to best implement one at your facility.

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

Abroadcast engineer's number one job is to keep the facility on the air. When it comes to security, our focus has been on how to acquire the advantages

Various claims can be found on the Internet regarding the earliest network implementation, but one thing is for sure: It was not long after computers

When it comes to protecting data, broadcasters have it rough. Not only do they face all of the normal IT issues with protecting important desktop business

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This month’s column will examine two technologies — firewalls and virtual private networks (VPNs) — that can help keep your facilities safe when connected to the Internet.

Last month we looked at the important role a security policy can play in professional video networks. This month's column will examine two technologies

I spoke with several broadcasters about security for this month's column. Two topics came up repeatedly firewall technology and password security. Firewalls

Understanding how IP addresses are assigned can help maintain critical broadcast networks

Last month's column covered networking basics. This month, I'll discuss networking for professional video for someone who is new to broadcasting but has

This month's article will explore networking basics from the perspective of someone who is new to the subject. Next month, we will look at networking

The time is soon approaching when broadcast engineers will need to understand Ethernet and Fibre Channel switches just as well

Although I have worked with cable for many years, I had never had the opportunity to see it being made until a few months ago when I visited CommScope's

The author discusses key features and considerations for RAIDs used in the broadcast and post-production environments

Subnets are critical to understanding how the Internet works.

VoIP is destined to become the predominant technology for the transport of professional video over WANs.

People who design computer networks for professional television applications face a dilemma. Users almost universally demand Internet connectivity. But

Quick, answer this question: After your signal leaves the antenna, what device receives it at the other end? If you answered "a television," you are both

Interactive Television (iTV) is a hot topic these days. Almost all the heavy hitters - Microsoft, Intel, Sony and AOL - have made major investments in

One of the keys to moving large files on a network is to move the data in large blocks without a lot of header information in between. As the computer