Transmission Media Glossary

RJ45 is a kind of connector frequently used for Ethernet set-ups. As Ethernet cables have an RJ45 connector on both ends, Ethernet cables are occasionally also named RJ45 cables. The "RJ" in RJ45 stands for the term "registered jack“. The "45" merely refers to the number of the interface standard. Each RJ45 connector has eight pins, which means that an RJ45 cable holds eight different wires. The end of an Ethernet cable has eight wires, in which each are a separate colour. Four of those wires are solid colors, while the rest of them are striped.

It is in most cases used to connect multiple local area networks together to form a bigger network.

When setting up a LAN the architecture that you decide to choose is important. There are several factors that are decided when choosing said architecture, some of these being network speeds, types of cables, and access control mechanisms like collision detection (Team, 2011). The most common on in today’s LANs is Ethernet. These can be either wireless, wired, or a hybrid of both.

Non Conductive: A serious concern with outdoor cables in certain computer networks is they can be hit by lightning, causing destruction to wires and other cables that are involved in the network. Fiber optic cables can be made non-conductive by avoiding metal in their design. These kinds of cables are economical and standard for many indoor applications. Outdoor versions are more expensive since they require the special strength members, but they can still be valuable in eliminating ground loop and protecting electromagnetic equipment from surge damage.

When first thinking of fixed line networks they think of the coaxial cable (coax) which connects to their television and twisted pair terminated with a RG-11 plug for their phones and faxes. There two variation of coax that are used in networking, thicknet (RG8) and thinnet

The 802.3 family of standards has the format 802.3x where x is a sequence of letters specifying the new standards added to the 802.3 base standard. One of the enhancements to Ethernet is Power over Ethernet (PoE), in which Ethernet cable can provide power to remote, low-power devices that are not near an electrical outlet.

Ethernet is typically the technology that is used to allow computers locally to communicate with one another. Computers that are close to each other they are connected by Ethernet.

Coaxial cable uses a single conductor in the middle of a cable and the central conductor is surrounded by an insulator which is called the dielectric. Coax cables have become obsolete. Unshielded twisted pair cabling, also known as UTP cabling, has become the most common used network cabling. UTP cabling consists of four twisted pairs of wire, which have a different number of twists per foot, all encased on one sheath. This cabling is graded by different categories. Category 5 is recommended for Ethernet speeds of 100 Mbps. Category 5e, for running gigabit Ethernet or 1000BaseT networks. Category 6 and Category 6a are used to give better performance at higher speeds. Fiber optic cable is wave guided or light guided because it guides the light waves along the length of the cable. Single mode fiber optic cable can operate over long distances. Because fiber allows one mode of light to propagate, light pulses put on the fiber keep their shape much longer. This allows the light pulses to travel much further without interfering with other

For this cable I will use the Rj45 connector which is standard connection for most systems .I would then measure the cable I needed and trimmed it to the proper length using the cable cutter. Then I Used the cable stripper to strip about 1 ½ inch of the jacket from the end of the cable. Pull the trimmed jacket from the cable, there will be an exposed white thread cut that to the end of the strip cable so it will not be in the way of your connector. Untwist all the inner

The same cable lines that are used to send out sound and video signals to carry

This created physical connection between PC’s and the network line. Connected data’s are transporting data’s through the network. Cable is a medium through which information usually moves to one network to another network.

12. Category 5e/6 Cable : cabling is used as a cabling infrastructure for 10BASE-T (Ethernet), full duplex 100BASE-TX (Fast Ethernet) and 1000BASE-T (Gigabit Ethernet, or GbE) networks. The Cat 5e standard provides performance of up to 100 MHz and can be used up to a maximum length of 100 meters.

25. In regards to a CAT6 cable, what pin numbers in an RJ-45 connecter are used to carry data in a FastEthernet network?

Ethernet Cables- Ethernet Cables will be utilized to connect all the network devices in the DesignIT LAN network. They will connect routers, switches, computers, and printers in the LAN network. I will utilize CAT5 Ethernet Cables for this network. The Ethernet cables will cost about $100 for DesignIT LAN network.

Topology: The current network was able to mix different speeds to match departmental needs. The physical topology in use is linear bus topology which also translates to a logical bus topology. The cable in use being Thicknet gives extended length allowance which is 500meters for a given segment and 2500 meters total cable