Cable Types Flashcards
1
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Cat3
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- 10Mbps @ 100meters
- commonly used for phone lines
2
Q
Cat4
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- 16Mbps @ 100meters
- Not commonly used today
- Was used for token rings
3
Q
Cat5
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- 100Mbps @ 100Meters
- contains two twisted pairs
- mostly replaced by Cat5e
4
Q
Cat5e
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- 1Gbps @ 100 meters
- Doubles twisted pairs to four
5
Q
Cat6
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- 1 Gbps @ 100meters
- 10Gbps @ 55 meters
- Made up of four tightly woven twisted pairs (more twists per linear foot than 5e)
6
Q
Cat6a
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- 10Gbps over 100 meters
- higer quality cable that is more resistant to interference
- most commonly used in wired networks today
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7
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Cat 7
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- 10Gbps @ 100 meters
- frequencies @ 600Mhz
- uses a GG45 connector, not RJ45
8
Q
Two types of Fiber cables
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- single-mode
- multimode
9
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Single-Mode Fibe cable
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- made up of one single glass or plastic fiber
- carries higher bandwidth 50times the distance of a multimode cable
- requires higher cost electroics to create the light
- used in longer distances (hundreds or thousands of kilometers)
- used in higher bandwidth applications
10
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Multimode fiber cable
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- wider in diameter due to light modes being sent across the cable
- multimode fibers are highly effective over medium distances (500 meters or less at higher speeds)
- generally used within a LAN
- less expensive than single mode fiber due to the potential for use with LEDs and other lower-cost options for creating light
11
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The two primary fiber connector types used today
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- Straight Tip (ST)
- Lucent Connector (LC)
12
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ST connector
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- Straight tip
- was the most commonly use connector with multimode fiber until the mid2000s
- was used on campuses, coroporate networks, and military purposes
13
Q
LC
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- Lucent Connector
- Smaller version of the Standard Connector (SC)
- supports more ports in the same space
- most common type used in corporate data centers today
- usualyl used with a SFP (small form-factor pluggable) tranceiver
14
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SFP
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Small Form-factor Pluggable transceiver
