Technical specifications

Technical specifications vary from model to model.

For exact manufacturers' specifications please contact Source on 0845 130 0008 or
view the PDF brochures on the individual product pages listed above.

Source Technical Services works with the leading network product manufacturers so its customers can benefit from the best technology on the market today.

Through alliances with the leading manufacturers, Source is able to offer a broad range of local and wide area network products which can be supplied, installed, configured and tested on-site to ensure Source customers get the very best from their technology investment.

Source is able to offer preferential pricing and adds value to the products through consultancy expertise, so customers choose the product functionality to meet the needs of their organisation.

Source can also provide network managers with product and user training, carried out during the installation process. This enables customers to benefit from the full functionality of the networking product they have purchased.

Planning your network

When choosing new network infrastructure it's important that you consider not only your current technology needs but your future requirements too.

A new computer network, or new products for your existing network are an investment and it's important that they continue to perform for you as your organisation grows and develops.

By considering your future computer and organisational strategy you will obtain a far higher return on investment, as it will provide you with a solution for many years to come.

Designing your network

Computer networks need to be essentially transparent to the user.

The network provides services for the user including files, print sharing and software applications.

These are needed for a user to perform their daily role within your organisation.

If this service is interrupted, downtime is costly and a cure is never as quick as prevention where network problems are concerned.

Often it is not until there is a problem with network availability that networking hardware issues come to light and at this point it's too late to avoid lost productivity.

Organic growth of a computer network, as departments are created or moved within the organisation, people changing role etc. is not a proactive method of developing a network.

Careful structured network design ensures growth of a network in a controlled way, building a more robust network, capable of many years service before requiring an upgrade and increasing the productivity of your staff.

Source can help you to find the optimal number of servers, hubs, routers and/or switches to provide the continuity and reliability required from an organisations computer network.

We will talk to you in depth about your current plans for growth to ensure future needs are met.

A Source engineer will visit your premises and with you make an assessment of the hardware and software being run.

The engineer will work with you to find out what services are used most by each user or group of users, so these people can be made more productive.

The engineer will then be able to propose which of your existing equipment might be moved and used in a less mission critical area of your network and replaced in its key function by a product which can provide the high level of service you require.

The final stage of the design process is to plan an installation and implementation cycle which causes the minimum of disruption for network users. Some organisations choose to do this outside of standard working hours.

Virus protection

Network security

Wireless communication uses radio frequency to transmit and receive data over the air and works as an extension or an alternative to a traditional wired LAN network.

Is your organisation faced with the challenge of communicating data effectively, securely and rapidly between sites, personnel in the field and within the organisation?

Wireless communication offers your organisation a real opportunity to grow and communicate effectively.

A wireless network offers your organisation a flexible approach to shared information without installing or moving leased/wired lines.

A wireless network can be installed within one building making 'hot-desking' a reality or on a multiple site communicating from building to building.

With HP, DLink, 3Com and Wavelength Solutions — some of the leading manufacturers of wireless networks — Source offers its customers a choice of the best wireless solutions available on the market.

In addition, Source can provide support, network management training and maintenance of these wireless network solutions.

The benefits of wireless communication

Wireless communication is perfect for mobile users who need to access and communicate data "out in the field".

Wireless communication complements and works in harmony with existing wired LAN systems.

Wireless communication is ideal for temporary installations, including construction sites, exhibitions and auditors or where a portable office is involved.

Wireless communication is cost competitive against leased lines.

Wireless communications are perfect where fixed leased lines between sites or between buildings are inappropriate, expensive or difficult to install.

Wireless communications are suitable for use internally, for hot-desking, listed buildings or where laying cable is not an option (for example marbled reception areas).

Wireless communications systems are owned by the users and not leased like traditional communications lines.

Wireless communications are easily installed.