 Home networks get new optionsYour IPTV needs an Internet connection. But your living room is too far from your router to run an Ethernet cable, so what do you do? Or perhaps you have an office in the basement and need to transmit large files to the desktop down there, but the Wi-Fi keeps cutting out due to interference. (...) [ComputerWorld]  Extreme Networks prepares to ship 'world's fastest Ethernet switch' Extreme Networks' latest switch, the BlackDiamond X8, billed as the “fastest Ethernet switch in the world”, went on general release this week with shipments expected to go out during the first half of February. [ComputerWorld] Alcatel-Lucent unveils key piece of data center fabric Alcatel-Lucent this week rolled out 40G Ethernet modules for its top-of-rack data center switches to help further its data center fabric strategy. [Network World]
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