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Network Cabling

This chapter discusses network cabling and topologies. It covers the bus, star, and ring topologies as well as mesh and wireless. It also describes the main cable types used in LANs: coaxial, twisted pair, and fiber optic cabling. Connector types and wiring configurations are also outlined.

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Network Cabling

This chapter discusses network cabling and topologies. It covers the bus, star, and ring topologies as well as mesh and wireless. It also describes the main cable types used in LANs: coaxial, twisted pair, and fiber optic cabling. Connector types and wiring configurations are also outlined.

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Chapter 2

NETWORK
CABLING
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TOPOLOGIES

 There are three main local area network


(LAN) topologies:
 Bus
 Star
 Ring
 Other network topologies include:
 Mesh
 Wireless
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BUS TOPOLOGY

 The bus topology supports thick and thin coaxial


segments.
 Segments are connected by repeaters.
 The bus topology uses the baseband signaling
method.
 Signals are broadcast in both directions
simultaneously.
 Both ends of each segment require termination to
avoid reflection.
 End systems connect to the segment in a linear
manner.
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THICK AND THIN COAXIAL BUS


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STAR TOPOLOGY

 The star topology can use coaxial, twisted pair, or


fiber optic cable.
 A central device (hub) connects hubs and nodes
to the network.
 Each node connects to its own dedicated port on
the hub.
 Hubs broadcast transmitted signals to all connected
devices.
 You can connect multiple hubs to form a
hierarchical star topology.
 The star topology uses the baseband signaling
method.
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A SIMPLE STAR TOPOLOGY


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A HIERARCHICAL STAR TOPOLOGY


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RING TOPOLOGY

 The ring topology can use twisted pair or fiber optic


cabling.
 A central device (hub) connects hubs and nodes to the
network.
 Each node connects to its own dedicated port on the hub.
 You can connect multiple hubs to form a larger ring.
 The ring topology uses the baseband signaling method.
 Frames are transmitted around the ring from node to hub
to node.
 Media Access Control (MAC) is used for token passing.
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A RING NETWORK
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MESH TOPOLOGY

 Typically uses fiber optic cabling for


redundant wide area network (WAN) links
 Provides multiple paths to destinations for
fault tolerance
 Supports baseband and broadband signals
 Requires an enormous amount of cable
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LAN MESH
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ENTERPRISE MESH
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WIRELESS TOPOLOGY

 Cell-based technology that uses


unbounded media
 Two wireless topologies:
 Ad hoc
 Infrastructure
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AD HOC WLAN
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INFRASTRUCTURE WLAN
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LAN CABLE TYPES

 Three cable types are used in LANs:


 Coaxial
 Twisted pair
 Fiber optic
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COAXIAL CABLE
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AUI (ATTACHMENT UNIT


INTERFACE) CABLE
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THIN ETHERNET HARDWARE


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UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR (UTP)


CABLE
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UTP CONNECTORS
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UTP CABLE GRADES

Category Frequency Primary Application

1 Up to 0 MHz Voice networks


2 Up to 1 MHz Voice and low-speed data
networks less than 4
Mbps
3 Up to 16 MHz Voice and data networks
from 4 to 100 Mbps
4 Up to 20 MHz 16-Mbps Token Ring
5 Up to 100 MHz 100-Mbps Fast Ethernet
5e Up to 100 MHz 1000-Mbps Gigabit Ethernet

6 Up to 250 MHz 1000-Mbps Gigabit Ethernet


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FIBER OPTIC CABLE


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STRAIGHT TIP (ST) CONNECTOR


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STRAIGHT THROUGH AND


CROSSOVER WIRING
 Wiring within a twisted pair cable is
configured as either
 Straight through, where each wire (or pin) is
attached to the same contact point at each
end
 Crossover, where transmit contacts on each
end of the cable are connected to the
receive contact at the other end
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STRAIGHT THROUGH WIRING


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CROSSOVER WIRING
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SUMMARY

 The three basic LAN topologies are bus,


star, and ring. WLANs are becoming more
popular. Mesh networks are not typically
used in LANs.
 The primary cable types used in LANs are
coaxial, twisted pair, and fiber optic.

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