Cable Types

Cable Types
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Copper Connectors
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RJ-11 Connector
▪ 6 position, 2 conductor (6P2C)

– RJ14 uses 6P4C for dual-line use
▪ Telephone connections
RJ-45 connector
▪ 8 position, 8 conductor (8P8C)

– Modular connector
▪ Similar in shape to an RJ48C

– 8P4C, used with T1/WAN data lines
DB-9 (RS-232)
▪ Recommended Standard 232

– An industry standard since 1969
▪ Serial communication standard

– Built for modem communication
▪ Used for modems, printers, mice, networking
Couplers
▪ Connect cables together

– Lengthen the cable run
▪ Very specific uses cases

– Signal loss for each coupler
▪ Useful for temporary or one-time use

– Permanent links are generally home runs
BNC Connector
▪ Bayonet Neill-Concelman
– Paul Neill (Bell Labs) and Carl Concelman (Amphenol)
▪ Coaxial cable connectors

– RG-58 used in 10BASE2, DS3 WAN links
▪ Rigid and bulky

– Can be difficult to work with
F connector
▪ Cable television
– Cable modem
▪ RG-6 cable
– Threaded connector
66 block
▪ A patch panel for analog voice

– And some digital links
▪ Left side is patched to the right

– Easy to follow the path
▪ Wire and a punch-down tool

– No additional connectors required
▪ Generally replaced by 110 blocks

– Still seen in many installations
110 block
▪ Wire-to-wire patch panel

– No intermediate interface required
▪ Replaces the 66 block
– Patch Category 5 and Category 6
cables
▪ Wires are “punched” into the
block
– Connecting blocks is on top
▪ Additional wires punched into
connecting block
– Patch the top to the bottom
Copper Connectors
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Copper Cabling
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The importance of cables
▪ Fundamental to network communication

– Incredibly important foundation
▪ Usually only get one good opportunity at architecting your cabling

infrastructure
– Make it good!
▪ The vast majority of wireless communication uses cables

– Unless you’re an amateur operator!
Twisted pair cooper cabling
▪ Balanced pair operation

– Two wires with equal and opposite signals
▪ Transmit+, Transmit- / Receive+, Receive-
▪ The twist is the secret!

– Keeps a single wire constantly moving
away from the interference
– The opposite signals are compared
on the other end
▪ Pairs in the same cable have

different twist rates
Unshielded and shielded TP
▪ STP (Shielded Twisted Pair)

– Additional shielding
protects against interference
– Requires the use
of an electrical ground
▪ UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair)

– No additional shielding
– The most common twisted pair
cabling
Network cabling standards
▪ Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)

– Alliance of trade associations
– Develops standards for the industry
▪ Standards start with RS-# (Recommended Standard) or EIA-#
– http://www.eia.org
▪ Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

– Standards, market analysis, trade shows, government affairs, etc.
– ANSI/TIA/EIA-568
▪ Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard
– http://www.tiaonline.org
Copper cable categories
Coaxial Cable
▪ Two or more forms share a common axis

▪ RG-6 used in television/digital cable
– And high-speed Internet over cable
▪ RG-59 used as patch cables

– Not designed for long distances
Copper Cabling
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Straight-Through,
Crossover, and Rollover
Cables
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Wiring standards
▪ Cables can foul up a perfectly good plan

– Test your cables prior to implementation
▪ Many connectors look alike

– Do you have a good cable
mapping device?
▪ Get a good cable person

– It’s an art
568A and 568B termination
▪ Pin assignments in EIA/TIA-568-B

– Eight conductor 100-ohm balanced twisted-pair cabling
▪ 568A and 568B are different

pin assignment for 8P8C Connectors
– Specification assigns the 568A pin-out to horizontal cabling
– Many organizations have traditionally used 568B
▪ You can’t terminate one

side of the cable with 568A
and the other with 568B
– It won’t work
568A and 568B Termination
Straight through cables
▪ Patch cables
▪ The most common
Ethernet cable
▪ Connect workstations
to network devices
Ethernet cross-over cables
▪ Connect MDI to MDI

▪ Connect MDI-X to MDI-X
▪ Auto-MDI-X is on most
modern Ethernet devices
– Automatically decides to cross-over
Rollover cable
▪ Rolled cable, Cisco console cable, Yost cable

– Serial cable “standard”
proposed by Dave Yost
▪ A standard for RJ-45 to

serial communications
▪ Used in conjunction with
serial port connectors
Straight-Through,
Crossover, and Rollover
Cables
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Fiber Connectors
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ST Connector
FC Connector
▪ Field Assembly Connector

▪ Ferrule Connector
▪ Threaded connector
– Good for high-vibration environments
▪ Less common these days

– Replaced by SC and LC connectors
SC
▪ Subscriber Connector
▪ Standard Connector
▪ Square Connector
LC
▪ Lucient Connector
▪ Local Connector
▪ “Little Connector”
MT-RJ
▪ Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack

▪ Media Termination – recommended jack
Fiber couplers
▪ Extend fiber connections

– Signal loss for each coupler
▪ Convert connectors
Fiber Connectors
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Fiber Cables
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Fiber Communications
▪ Transmission by light
– The visible spectrum
▪ No RF signal
– Very difficult to monitor or tap
▪ Signal slow to degrade

– Transmission over long distances
▪ Immune to radio interference

– There’s no RF
Multimode Fiber
▪ Short-range communication
– Up to 2 km
▪ Inexpensive light source

– i.e., LED
Single mode Fiber
▪ Long-range communication
– Up to 100 km without processing
▪ Expensive light source

– Laser beams
UPC vs. APC
▪ Controlling light
– Laws of physics apply
▪ Return loss
– Light reflected back to the source
▪ UPC (Ultra-polished connectors)

– Ferrule end-face radius polished at a zero degree angle
– High return loss
▪ APC (Angle-polished connectors)

– Ferrule end-face radius polished at an eight degree angle
– Lower return loss, generally higher insertion loss than UPC
Fiber Cables
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Cable Types

▪ 6 position, 2 conductor (6P2C)

▪ 8 position, 8 conductor (8P8C)

▪ Similar in shape to an RJ48C

▪ Recommended Standard 232

▪ Serial communication standard

▪ Connect cables together

▪ Very specific uses cases

▪ Useful for temporary or one-time use

▪ Coaxial cable connectors

▪ Rigid and bulky

▪ A patch panel for analog voice

▪ Left side is patched to the right

▪ Wire and a punch-down tool

▪ Generally replaced by 110 blocks

▪ Wire-to-wire patch panel

▪ Fundamental to network communication

▪ Usually only get one good opportunity at architecting your cabling

▪ The vast majority of wireless communication uses cables

▪ Balanced pair operation

▪ The twist is the secret!

▪ Pairs in the same cable have

▪ STP (Shielded Twisted Pair)

▪ UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair)

▪ Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)

▪ Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

▪ Two or more forms share a common axis

▪ RG-59 used as patch cables

▪ Cables can foul up a perfectly good plan

▪ Many connectors look alike

▪ Get a good cable person

▪ Pin assignments in EIA/TIA-568-B

▪ 568A and 568B are different

▪ You can’t terminate one

▪ Connect MDI to MDI

▪ Rolled cable, Cisco console cable, Yost cable

▪ A standard for RJ-45 to

▪ Field Assembly Connector

▪ Less common these days

▪ Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack

▪ Extend fiber connections

▪ Signal slow to degrade

▪ Immune to radio interference

▪ Inexpensive light source

▪ Expensive light source

▪ UPC (Ultra-polished connectors)

▪ APC (Angle-polished connectors)

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