{"id":94667,"date":"2026-10-27T13:50:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wordpress\/?page_id=94667"},"modified":"2026-11-03T10:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:54:16","slug":"best-practice-guides","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/?page_id=94667","title":{"rendered":"Best Practice Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"94667\" class=\"elementor elementor-94667\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daa94cc e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-default-div e-25184f7 \" data-id=\"daa94cc\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"daa94cc\">\n    <div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-e7db400 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"e7db400\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- start page title -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"litho-main-title litho-page-title\">Best Practice Guides <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- end page title -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- start breadcrumb -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"litho-main-title-breadcrumb main-title-breadcrumb litho-page-title-breadcrumb\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"2\" \/><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- end breadcrumb -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-8e6b3d5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"8e6b3d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-d40b5c0 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"d40b5c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39d5c63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-litho-separator\" data-id=\"39d5c63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"litho-separator.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"separator-wrap\"><div class=\"separator-line\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4590d9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-litho-heading\" data-id=\"d4590d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"litho-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"litho-heading elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"litho-primary-title\">Practical advice for better network planning and installation. <\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a15ed13 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-default-div e-140cdaa \" data-id=\"a15ed13\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"a15ed13\">\n    <div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-5addfe1 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"5addfe1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bd97eb h-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-litho-fancy-text-box\" data-id=\"6bd97eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;litho_fancy_text_box_styles&quot;:&quot;fancy-text-box-style-3&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"litho-fancy-text-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-wrapper fancy-text-box-style-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1-4.jpg\" alt=\"1\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1-4-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrounding\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fancy-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box fancy-text-box-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Learn how correct grounding helps protect switches from electrical surges and supports the device\u2019s built-in surge protection.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fancy-text-button\" href=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Best-Practice-1-Grounding.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>DOWNLOAD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-7ce9df4 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"7ce9df4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da65cec h-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-litho-fancy-text-box\" data-id=\"da65cec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;litho_fancy_text_box_styles&quot;:&quot;fancy-text-box-style-3&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"litho-fancy-text-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-wrapper fancy-text-box-style-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2-5.jpg\" alt=\"2\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2-5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2-5-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPoE Budgeting\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fancy-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box fancy-text-box-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Plan PoE capacity correctly by understanding device power requirements, switch limits and the headroom needed for future growth.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fancy-text-button\" href=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Best-Practice-2-PoE-Budgeting.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>DOWNLOAD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-d107e90 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"d107e90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae0b931 h-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-litho-fancy-text-box\" data-id=\"ae0b931\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;litho_fancy_text_box_styles&quot;:&quot;fancy-text-box-style-3&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"litho-fancy-text-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-wrapper fancy-text-box-style-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3-2.jpg\" alt=\"3\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3-2-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCable Management\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fancy-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box fancy-text-box-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Practical guidance for organising, routing and labelling network cabling to improve airflow, reduce damage and simplify maintenance.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fancy-text-button\" href=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Best-Practice-3-Cable-Management.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>DOWNLOAD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-7e09984 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"7e09984\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e6dbdf h-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-litho-fancy-text-box\" data-id=\"8e6dbdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;litho_fancy_text_box_styles&quot;:&quot;fancy-text-box-style-3&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"litho-fancy-text-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-wrapper fancy-text-box-style-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4-1.jpg\" alt=\"4\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4-1-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFirmware\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fancy-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box fancy-text-box-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Follow best practices for firmware updates, configuration backups, testing and documentation to reduce downtime and configuration issues.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fancy-text-button\" href=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Best-Practice-4-Firmware.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>DOWNLOAD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-63ddbc7 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"63ddbc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-289aac6 h-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-litho-fancy-text-box\" data-id=\"289aac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;litho_fancy_text_box_styles&quot;:&quot;fancy-text-box-style-3&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"litho-fancy-text-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-wrapper fancy-text-box-style-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5-1.jpg\" alt=\"5\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5-1-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSwitch Placement\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fancy-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box fancy-text-box-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Understand how switch location, ventilation, accessibility, cabling and environmental conditions can affect performance and long-term reliability.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fancy-text-button\" href=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Best-Practice-5-Switch-Placement.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>DOWNLOAD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-1d62f6e e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"1d62f6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea2f792 h-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-litho-fancy-text-box\" data-id=\"ea2f792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;litho_fancy_text_box_styles&quot;:&quot;fancy-text-box-style-3&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"litho-fancy-text-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-wrapper fancy-text-box-style-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6-1.jpg\" alt=\"6\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6-1-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSFP Selection\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fancy-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box fancy-text-box-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Choose the right SFP by matching speed, fibre type, distance, wavelength and device compatibility before deployment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fancy-text-button\" href=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Best-Practice-6-SFP-Selection.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>DOWNLOAD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-e9774c9 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"e9774c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d610e h-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-litho-fancy-text-box\" data-id=\"a3d610e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;litho_fancy_text_box_styles&quot;:&quot;fancy-text-box-style-3&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"litho-fancy-text-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-wrapper fancy-text-box-style-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7-1.jpg\" alt=\"7\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7-1-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAP Placement\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fancy-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box fancy-text-box-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Plan Wi-Fi around coverage, environment, PoE and uplink requirements, then use cloud management for ongoing visibility and support.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fancy-text-button\" href=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Best-Practice-7-AP-Placement.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>DOWNLOAD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-1bdcd62 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-fullscreen-column-settings=\"{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-id=\"1bdcd62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f9aa9 h-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-litho-fancy-text-box\" data-id=\"58f9aa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;litho_fancy_text_box_styles&quot;:&quot;fancy-text-box-style-3&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"litho-fancy-text-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-wrapper fancy-text-box-style-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8-1.jpg\" alt=\"8\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/duxnet.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8-1-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"title\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVLANs & Network Segmentation\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fancy-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-text-box fancy-text-box-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Plan and configure VLANs across the complete network path to separate traffic, control access and simplify ongoing network management.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fancy-text-button\" 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