by admin | Jan 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
The 2013 deep sea research and exploration cycle has wrapped-up. Once again Rhode Island was at the forefront of oceanographic exploration with Dr. Robert Ballard’s work at the Center of Ocean Exploration at URI, and NOAA’s Okeanos home ported at Quonset...
by admin | Dec 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Service providers across the globe, including OSHEAN, have built high-capacity optical backbones capable of transmitting vast quantities of information in short periods of time. These deployments take considerable engineering experience, time, and cost. No...
by admin | Dec 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
A confusing and often misunderstood topic when working with optical networks are the dB and dBm values associated with power and loss. You will sometimes hear these values used interchangeably when they are actually two different measurements. The following article...
by admin | Dec 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
I was at a school district meeting on technology the other night and one of the parents in attendance asked why her son’s teacher didn’t use the beautiful SmartBoard the school had purchased over a year ago. The discussion quickly turned to the school’s lack of...
by admin | Dec 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
LinksWiresharkFiltering – Order of Precedence Cisco SPAN ConfigurationWireshark Filtertcp.port==81 and (ip.dst == 131.109.29.248 or ip.dst == 131.109.29.249 or ip.dst == 131.109.29.250 or ip.addr == 131.109.29.251) and data contains IPGROUP*Note: if...
by admin | Nov 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
As I look to Thanksgiving, my immediate thanks naturally goes to my family and the wonderful gifts they have all given me. This blog, however, is focused on my professional observations–so it is appropriate in this space to reflect on my thanks for the...
