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3. In what type of situation would you employ multimode fiber optic cable?
4. What would be a conventional light source for multimode fiber optic cable?
LEDs, lasers for single mode.
5. In what situation would you employ single mode fiber optic cabling?
Single mode fiber is used for wider area netowrks, up to 100km in distance.
6. What would be a conventional light source for single mode fiber optic cabling?
Laser beams
1. What type of cable to the terms 10base5, Thicknet RG-8, 10base2, and RG-58 describe?
Coaxial cables.
UTP refers to unshielded twisted pairs, there is no metal shielding protecting it from interference,
STP has said shielding and thus protects it from interference.
4. What is the most common form of Ethernet cabling for Local Area Networks?
UTP
Cable Categories
1. What is EIA?
The Electronic Industries Alliance develops standards for the electronics industry.
2. What is TIA?
The Telecommunications Industry Association handles standards, market analysis, trade shows,
government affairs, among other things of the telecommunications industry.
Category 3 cable is used for 10Mbit/s Ethernet and 4 Mbit/second Token Ring.
1. What is an Ethernet straight through cable? When would you use one?
The wires go straight through the cable, from one side to the other. It is used to connect
workstations to network devices.
An MDI is a Network Interface Card while MDIX is the network infrastructure. Both have mapped
pins.
Ethernet crossover cables are used to cross over transmission/receiving pins on the cable. It can
be used to connect two MDIs or two MDXs.
4. If you were going to connect two CSU/DSUs, what type of cable would you use?
T1 Cross-over Cable.
1. Why wouldnt you want to use regular TWP cable in a ceiling plenum?
If a fire were to occur and the cabling were to catch fire, the TWP cable would spread the fire
throughout the building.
Converting Media
1. Why do you always need to provide power to the device when you convert from fiber to copper.
Copper uses electrical signals.
2. Can a network signal from almost any type of media be converted to any other type of media?
Yes.
TIA Category
N/A
N/A
Category 5
Category 6
N/A
N/A
Ethernet
Standard
10base5
10base2
100base-TX
1000base-T
1000base-SX
1000base-LX
Cable (Fiber)
Type
Coaxial
Coaxial
Twisted-Pair
Twisted-Pair
Optical Fiber
Optical Fiber
Speed
10 Mbit/S
10 Mbit/S
100 Mbit/S
1000 Mbit/S
10000Mbit/S
1000 Mbit/S
Distance
500 meters
185 meters
100 meters
100 meters
200-550 meters
2 Kilometers