As a happily married man it is a rare occurrence when my wife Joan and I have been apart for more than one or two days in a row. At this writing Joan is off on an extended business trip, and I finally have complete and total control of the house, at least until my daughter gets home after school. With the wife gone I can blast Whitesnake as loud as I like, sleep without someone kicking me for snoring, and eat from all of the “bad” food groups. My daughter and I plan to dive into a dinner lineup including pizzas, bacon and eggs, and the world’s finest takeout fried chicken, Harold’s of Chicago (fried in beef fat… oh yeah!).
I also get the opportunity to haul a bunch of equipment out and cover the kitchen table with the latest and greatest technology available to our industry. In this month’s column we tackle the Altronix eBridge100RMT long range Ethernet/PoE transceiver system.