The document discusses different types of cabling and configurations used for local area networks (LANs). It covers various twisted pair cabling standards including Category 1-6, as well as other cabling types like coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, and wireless LANs. The text provides details on the characteristics and applications of these cabling technologies.
27. Category 1 cable(Cat1)
also known as Cat 1, Level 1, or voice-grade
copper, is a grade of unshielded twisted pair
cabling ααα ΅φα΅φα΅φα΅φααα
ααα ΅φα΅φα΅φα΅φαα
Telephone Communicatorsα
29. Category 2 cable(Cat2)
also known as Cat 2, or Level 2, is a
grade of unshielded twisted pair cabling αα
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΅φα΅φα΅φα΅φαααα Telephone
Communicators and data communications.
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΅φα΅φαα frequency suitable ααα
ααα
transmission over Cat 2 cable is 4 MHz, αα
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αα bandwidth α
αα α4Mbps[1]. Cat 2 cable αα4
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pair of wires, α ΅φα΅φαα
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31. Category 3
cable3(Cat)
commonly known as Cat 3 or station
wire, is an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) αα
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ααα α10
Mbit/s, ΅φα΅φαααα
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α α
αα ααα
΅φα΅φαααfamily copper cabling standards
΅φα΅φα ΅φα΅φαα αα Electronic Industries
΅φα΅φα ΅φα΅φα α
Alliance αα
α the Telecommunications
Industry Association.
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administrators in the early 1990s, but
fell out of popularity in favor of the
very similar, but higher performing,
Category 5 cable standard. Since the
early 2000s most new structured
cable installations are built with Cat
5e or Cat 6 cable.
34. Category 4 Cable(Cat4)
is a description of a cable that consists of
four unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) copper wires
with a data rate of 16 Mbit/s and performance of
up to 20 MHz. It was used in token ring networks,
10BASE-T, 100BASE-T4, and is no longer common
or used in new installations. It is used in
telephone networks which can transmit voice and
data from 12 Mbit/s to 16 Mbit/s.
36. Category 5 cable (Cat 5)
is a twisted pair cable for carrying signals.
This type of cable is used in structured cabling for
computer networks such as Ethernet. It is also
used to carry other signals such as telephony and
video.
39. Category 6 Cable(Cat6)
cable, commonly referred
to as Cat 6, is a cable standard
for Gigabit Ethernet and other
network physical layers that
is backward compatible with
the ..
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΅φα΅φα΅φα΅φαα ΅φα΅φαTelephone αα
΅φα΅φα΅φα΅φα΅φα΅φαα α
αααcentral Office ααα
αα αααUser ΅φα΅φα
ααα
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΅φα΅φα΅φα΅φα΅φα΅φα Ethernet αα
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Local Area Networkα
48. The connectors for coaxial cable
οΆBNC cable connector : Sealed or fitted at the
end of the cable.
οΆBNC T : Connects the adapter to the computer
network cable.
οΆBNC Extension : Connects two segments of
coaxial cable to get a longer cable.
οΆBNC connector ends : Placed at each end of the
cable network bus signals to absorb parasites.