1. Networking Solutions Chapter 3 – Networking Topologies, Connectors, & Wiring Standards

2. Cabling (i.e., media) Coaxial ◦Plenum vs. nonplenum coating Twisted Pair Fiber Optic

3. Coaxial cable Plenum vs non-plenum Example shown is called… 10Base-2 solid / stranded huh? What type of connector?

4. Twisted-Pair Cable UTP vs STP - difference? 100BaseT Categories (page 67) Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Category 5 Category 5e Category 6 RJ-11 vs RJ-45

5. Fiber Optic Cable Data is transferred using light, so it is immune to … Material can be plastic or… Pros vs. cons on page 70 Single-mode vs Multimode ST vs SC connectors MT-RJ vs LC connectors (page 72)

6. Other Cable Types RS-232 ◦has been replaced by … USB ◦Can connect as many as ____ devices

7. Properties of Cables Typical speed for internal networks is … Attenuation distance for UTP is … Full-duplex doubles the speed of half-duplex. Huh? Tapping and EMI: what’s the big deal?

8. Wiring Standards and Cables 568A vs 568B Straight-through ◦(unlike devices) Crossover ◦(like devices) Rollover ◦(configure switches / routers) Loopback Plug ◦Fool your PC!

9. VCCs and HCCs

10. Patch Panels… why?

11. Other “stuff” to know 66 block  MDF vs IDF 25 pair cable 100 pair cable 110 Block cable Demarc Smart Jack