...outside-plant telephone cable network that runs right to your home or office. • The appeal is obvious: This technology enables telephone companies to offer broadband service without major network rewiring and can be implemented quickly and profitabl...

...star) and five kinds of cable (standard or Thin coax; unshielded twisted pair; FOIRL or 10BASE-FL fibre optic). • Overview: • Ethernet is the most widely used network topology. You can choose between bus and star topologies, as well as coax, twisted...

...5 UTP or Type 1 STP cable. 100BASE-T4 uses 4-pair Category 3 or 4 cable. And 100BASE-FX specifies fibre optic links via duplex multimode fibre cable. • Benefits of 100BASE-T • - It retains CSMA/CD so existing network management systems don't nee...

...and testing fibre optic cable. • Fibre optic cable has become more affordable. It's now used for many applications that require complete immunity to electrical interference. Fibre is ideal for high data-rate systems such as FDDI, multimedia, ATM, or...

...interconnect different cable types-twisted pair, fibre, and Thin or thick coax-within a network. They are usually used to connect newer 10BASE-T equipment to existing BNC/ThinNet or fibre networks. They can also be used in pairs to insert a fibre s...

...more efficient in-house cable runs. • Bell 212A • -Synchronous/asynchronous data transmission, full-duplex operation over 2-wire leased or dialup lines; 1200-bps data rate. This versatile standard provides for efficient full-duplex operation over 2-...

...over copper cable or via light over fiber lines. The antenna acts as a radiator and transmits waves through the air, just like radio and TV stations. Antennas also receive the waves from the air and transport them to the receiver, which ...

...service such as DSL, cable modem, or satellite. • For connecting network printers, you can dedicate a computer to act as a print server or add a wireless print server device; this enables those on your wireless network to share printers. • When t...

...summit stations of a cable car, or the communication between distant stations (for subways or other private railways), or even to cover the great distances between the various terminals, shelters or buildings of an airport. • In all these cases, ...

Checklists • CHECKLISTS • Successful projects start with a comprehensive analysis of what does already exist and what shall be the result. • To achieve this Black Box provides you with handy checklists for: • Premise Wiring (Structured Cabling...