Prof. Alfred J Bird, Ph.D., NBCT Door Code: 52461* Office – McCormick 3rd floor 607 Office Hours – Monday and Thursday 3:00PM to 3:45PM

 Bus  Ring  Star  Mesh

 Seven Levels  7 – Application  6 – Presentation  5 – Session  4 – Transport  3 – Network  2 – Data Link  1 - Physical

 4 – Applications  3 – Transport  2 – Internet  1 – Network Interface

 EIA Electronics Industry Alliance  TIA Telecommunications Industry Association  EIA/TIA 586-B

 Building Entrance  Equipment Room  Telecommunications Closet  Backbone Cabling  Horizontal Cabling  Work Area

 Cat 3, Cat 5, Cat 5e, Cat 6 ….  UTP  STP  RJ11, RJ45

 Bit  Byte  Hz – (Hertz)  Kilo  Mega  Giga  Terra  /s – (Per Second)

 10Base-2  10Base -5  10Base-T  100Base-T  1000Base-T  1GBase-T  10GBase-T

 White-Orange  Orange  White-Green  Blue  White-Blue  Green  White-Brown  Brown

 TX – Abbreviation for Transmit  RX – Abbreviation for Receive  Standard – Straight Through Cable  Crossover Cable

 Link  Full Channel  Attenuation  Near-End Crosstalk  Bandwidth  Propagation Delay  Jacket  Shield

 Category 3 – Voice over Telephone  Category 5e – 100MHz  Category 6 – 250 MHz  Category 6A – 500MHz