Archives for April 2022

March Madness came to a quick end yesterday with Kansas taking the overall win! This year was quite the year of upsets! How did your bracket hold up?

In This Issue: Table for 4 | Cisco 8800/8900/9900 IP Phone Power Supply | Choosing the Right Switch for your Crypto Mining Network | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Table for 4

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is off to a great start this week! I had a fairly relaxed weekend which was a nice change. I got to spend Saturday with my nieces and nephew. I typically have at least one of the kids over each weekend and sometimes I even offer to watch 2 kids at once, but this weekend I was feeling quite brave and invited all 3 over.

I was a little nervous about it, but everyone behaved super well and we had a great time! We ventured out to Target for a little shopping and even were so bold as to go out to dinner just the 4 of us! I tried to convince the kids that we should invite their parents to dinner, but they vetoed that idea so I braved it alone. Aside from spilling a cup of water all over the floor, we had no issues at all! I really enjoyed getting to spend time with all of them and I’m pretty sure my brother and sister-in-law enjoyed getting a little bit of time to relax! Lucky for them, the kids were great and I’ll definitely make a habit of inviting all of them over!

Rebecca

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Product Spotlights & Updates

You can’t go wrong with Cisco power supplies from CablesAndKits. Our Cisco Aironet Series External Power Supply is the perfect replacement for Cisco CP-88XX, CP-89XX and CP-99XX Series IP Phones. This external power supply will ensure your connection never fails when you need it most. Shop all our Cisco accessories and equipment to outfit your entire network. All your purchases with us come individually bagged and labeled so you can easily store and retrieve your stock.

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Learning Center Article – Choosing the Right Switch for your Crypto Mining Network

Crypto mining is a popular way to try to make money. In its simplest form, miners use simple setups that make a few extra bucks here and there. In extreme cases, miners dedicate entire warehouses of hardware to mining, and when they are efficient enough, they can make big money.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• A meeting of college basketball powers in Monday night’s national title game delivered a game for the ages as Kansas rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat North Carolina 72-69 and secure the program’s fourth national championship.
• Spanish officials have seized a Russian-owned luxury yacht in Mallorca at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice. It was the first coordinated seizure under the department’s Task Force KleptoCapture.
• Goldfish aired their iconic jingle in three 15-second spots during the 2022 Grammy Awards. In the commercial, the company encourages viewers to write new lyrics to their iconic jingle.
• Amazon signed a massive rocket deal with 3 firms for its Project Kuiper internet satellite project.

Happy Monday! We hope you had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed some beautiful weather. Spring is in full swing bringing some of the highest pollen counts in quite some time! Do you deal with some gnarly allergies?! How do you conquer them?

In This Issue: Camping Adventures! | Cisco Meraki Cloud Managed Switch | All About 100G Transceivers and Uses in Data Centers | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Camping Adventures!

Happy Monday!

This weekend was quite a bit better than last weekend. We were able to get a lot of things done including some much-needed Spring cleaning. We also started to get things prepared for our first-ever family camping trip coming up in just a few days. This will be a first for our family of four and I’m definitely looking forward to it. We’re only camping for three days at a local campground on Lake Lanier, about 15 minutes away from our home. If anything crazy happens, home isn’t too far away.

I’m hoping it will be a good experience for the kids, my seven-year-old is excited about it and my two-year-old just goes with the flow. There’s a bit of pressure on making this camping trip successful because it will determine future trips. We won’t be camping in a camper, but rather in tents, so that will add to the challenge. We anticipate a bit of rain and perhaps a thunderstorm on the first night, if the weather gets too bad, we’ve set up a contingency to camp in our minivan instead of the tent. I’ve always enjoyed camping as a kid and camping trips as a boy scout, I’m hoping to pass this love of the outdoors to my children. Do you have any tent camping tips?

Cris

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Product Spotlights & Updates

The Meraki MS225-48FP is a cloud-managed access layer switch that features (48) 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet ports as well as (4) 10G SFP+ uplinks. This switch supports both virtual stacking and physical stacking (compatible with MS210 series switches). Each switch includes dual stacking interfaces with up to 80 Gbps of stacking bandwidth. As with all Meraki switches, this switch allows for simple management, zero-touch provisioning, and features various security enhancements. Get excellent performance with a switching capacity of 176 Gbps.

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Learning Center Article – All About 100G Transceivers and Uses in Data Centers

As networking continues to evolve, it has become apparent that data centers are going to do all of the heavy lifting, regardless of who the network serves. In fact, that’s already the case. Networking hubs handle virtually all digital traffic before requests eventually filter down to individual users. Because of this, data center networking is only going to demand more from its hardware and design. Meeting the needs today and tomorrow will require 100G transceivers. This guide was designed to help you better understand and navigate the world of these transceivers.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• More than 9,000 U.S. flights were delayed over the weekend. Southwest Airlines was the hardest hit and had started Saturday with a backend technical problem. Air traffic control slowed or paused traffic in Florida on Saturday due to storms.
• The NFL says it has a plan to grow its international business to $1 billion annually and attract its next set of fans. The league projects it will attract 50 million consumers internationally over the next 10 years. The league is pushing for flag football to be included in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
• While many people hope to retire at 62, Social Security doesn’t pay full benefits until as late as age 67. That normal retirement age could get pushed even higher based on how lawmakers choose to address the program’s solvency issues.
• Amazon has slashed the price of AirPods 2 and Pro as of today. Snag some before this deal is gone!

Have you heard the news?! From this day forward, we will be selling baked goods and breakfast bowls, and shall henceforth be known as BaglesAndGrits! APRIL FOOLS! Tell us your best April Fools prank!

In This Issue: We’re hiring! | TP-Link Gigabit SFP to 1000Base-T Fiber Converter | What does 5G mean for business networks? | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – What feeds you?

Happy Friday, folks!

The subject line is NOT an April Fool’s joke! Last week, Shanyce shared that she is leaving CablesAndKits. While we are sad that she’s leaving CK, we’re excited for her and the role she’s heading into! Craig Haynie, the CEO of CablesAndKits, said years ago that his goal for us as a company is to be a springboard for the team members. We want to positively impact their lives and see them have a positive impact wherever they are. Sometimes that will be with us, and other times it won’t be.

We now have an open role of Customer Service Manager that we need to fill. We are looking for an individual that will be an internal champion for the customer! And they will be leading a team of customer service reps. Please share this link if you know someone who would be an excellent fit for us.

Since it’s also April Fool’s day, I cannot miss the opportunity to share something funny. Yakima released the SkyBox OhMega cargo box. It will provide you need some extra storage for your road trip, but be sure to read all the product details!

Have a great weekend!

Chris

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Product Spotlights & Updates

The MC220L SFP to 1000Base-T media converter is used to interconnect 1000Base-T to 1000Base-SX/LX/LH single-mode or multimode fiber cable within an existing network. This converter is backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee and comes with our lifetime warranty!

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Learning Center Article – What does 5G mean for business networks?

There is a lot of technology generating excitement for more applications than we could hope to name. One central theme to virtually all of that technology is an increased demand for data and the need for higher bandwidth for connectivity. More devices than ever are actively communicating, and they are placing massive burdens on existing infrastructure.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• Amazon’s Alexa will start telling some users when items they’ve had an eye on are about to be on sale.
• Check your pantry. Roughly 161,692 pounds of Skippy Peanut Butter have been voluntarily recalled by the company because some jars may contain small bits of stainless steel from manufacturing equipment.
• Twitter has confirmed it’s “exploring” a new feature that would allow two accounts to co-author a single tweet.
• NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is finally home. Vande Hei, who lived in space for 355 consecutive days, setting a new record for the longest single spaceflight by an American astronaut, arrived in Houston at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) on Thursday (March 31) following a touchdown in Kazakhstan the day before.