Installing video, access control and other systems that use Ethernet for connectivity always starts with understanding the basics and asking the right questions.
Six months ago I thought Spanning Tree was a California Merlot,” jokes Ed Davis, vice president of marketing for Somerset, N.J.-based IP video and fiber product manufacturer American Fibertek, in reference to an Ethernet protocol used to create a self-healing ring.
But although Davis’s comment was made in jest, the feeling he describes of being bewildered by networking technology and terminology or misunderstanding it entirely is one security integrators may encounter as they begin to install video, access control and other systems that use Ethernet for connectivity.