NETWORKING MEDIA 1.

Coaxial Cable - cable looks like the cable used to bring the cable TV signal to your television. One strand (a solid-core copper wire) runs down the middle of the cable . Types: a. Thicknet b. Thinnet 2. Twisted-Pair Cable - gets its name by having four pairs ofwires that are twisted to help reduce crosstalk or interference from outside electrical devices. TYPES a. Shielded Twisted Pair b. Unshielded Twisted Pair Wiring Standards. i. Straight-Through Cables used to connect the same devices ii. Crossover Cables used to connect different devices Factor Thinnet Thicknet Twisted Pair Fiber Optic Cost More than More than Least expensive Most expensive twisted pair thinnet Effective cable 185 meters (600 500 meters 100meters (330 feet) 2 kilometers (6500 feet) length feet) (1640 feet) Transmission 10mbps 10mbps 4 -100 mbps 100 mbps or more rates Flexibility Fairly flexible Less flexible Most flexible Not flexible Installation Easy Easy Very easy Difficult Susceptibility to Good resistance Good resistance Susceptible Not susceptible interference Medium to large As a backbone to UTP-smaller sites on Any size installation requiring sites with high connect thinnet- budget STP-token ring in speed high data security and security needs based network any size integrity

Electronic support components less expensive than twisted pair

Electronic support components less expensive than twisted pair

Often pre-installed in buildings

Supports voice, data and video

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iii. Rollover - a popular cable type in the networking world and is used to connect to a Cisco device such as a router or a switch. Also known as a console cable, this cable connects from the computers serial port to the console port of the router or switch Fiber-Optic Cable - use optical fibers that carry digital data signals in the form of modulated pulses of light. TYPES : a. Single-mode fiber- Uses a single ray of light, known as a mode, to carry the transmission over long distances. b. Multimode fiber- Uses multiple rays of light (modes) simultaneously, with each ray of light running at a different reflection angle to carry the transmission over short distances.

Connectors a. b. c. RJ-45 (Registered Jack 45) used for CAT5 /Cat5e Connector RJ-11 (Registered Jack 11) connector used by telephones BNC (British Naval Connector) - used to connect Coaxial Cables

ACCESS METHODS determines how a host will place data on the wire TYPES: a. Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) every host has equal access to the wire and can place data on the wire when the wire is free from traffic b. Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) will try to avoid a collision by sending a piece of dummy data on the wire c. Token Passing there is an empty packet running around on the wirethe token. Network Architecture