Cables and Connectors Flashcards
10Base-T ethernet speed
10mbps
10Base-T ethernet distance
100m
10Base-T ethernet cable type
CAT3/4/5 UTP
10Base-T ethernet cable type
CAT6 or above
10Base-T ethernet distance
100m
100Base-TX ethernet speed
100mbps
100Base-TX ethernet distance
100m
100Base-TX ethernet cable type
CAT5 UTP/STP
1000Base-T ethernet speed
1GB
1000Base-T ethernet distance
100m
10GBase-T ethernet speed
10G
1000Base-T ethernet cable type
CAT5e UTP
40GBase-T ethernet speed
40G
40GBase-T ethernet distance
30m
40GBase-T ethernet cable type
CAT 7a/8
10Base-T ethernet frequency
802.3
100Base-TX ethernet frequency
802.3u
1000Base-T ethernet frequency
802.3z, 802.3ab
10GBase-T
802.3an
40GBase-T
802.3bq
100Base-FX fiber speed
100mbps
100Base-FX fiber distance
10k
100Base-SX fiber speed
100mbps
100Base-SX fiber distance
300m
1000Base-SX fiber speed
1GB
1000Base-SX fiber distance
550m
1000Base-LX fiber speed
1GB
1000Base-LX fiber distance
2km
10Base-SR fiber speed
10G
10Base-SR fiber distance
400m
10Base-LR fiber speed
10G
10Base-LR fiber distance
10k
40Base-LR fiber speed
40G
40Base-LR fiber distance
10k
WDM
Wavelength Division Multiplexing
CWDM
Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing
CWDM speed
10gbps ethernet
16gbps fibre
CWDM distance
80km
DWDM speed
100-400 gbps
DWDM distance
120+ km
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
UTP distance
100m
CAT1 speed
1mbps
CAT1 application
Old telephone system
CAT2 speed
4mbps
CAT2 application
Token ring
CAT3 speed
10mbps
CAT3 application
Ethernet
CAT4 speed
16mbps
CAT4 application
Token Ring
CAT5 speed
100mbps
CAT5 application
Fast Ethernet
CAT5e speed
1000mbps
CAT5e application
Gigabit ethernet
CAT6 speed
10gbps @ 55 meters
CAT6 application
Gigabit ethernet
CAT6a speed
10gbps
CAT6a application
Gigabit ethernet
CAT7 speed
10gbps
CAT7 application
ScTP up to 100 meters
CAT8 speed
40gbps
CAT8 application
Short distances - 5 - 30 meters
Coaxial cable
Standard for original ethernet networks
RG-6
Used for internet, cable tv, satellite
Twinaxial cable
Low cost alternative to fibre optic
Twinaxial speed
1gbps or 10gbps
Twinaxial distance
5 meters
Fibre Optic cable
Conductor is a strand of glass or plastic
Carries a pulse of light instead of electrical signals
Common in LAN backbones and trunk links between switches
Multimode fibre
Light travels through a large core in many arrays called modes
Singlemode fibre
Light travels through a smaller core
Forces light to travel in one ray or mode
Multimode fibre optic cable
Wider diameter allows multiple light beams to travel on the cable
Multimode fibre max distance
2km
Multimode fibre speed
1Gbps up to 1000m, 10Gbps up to 550m
Multimode fibre usage
LANs
Singlemode fibre optic cable
Single beams travels through a single path
TIA/EIA-568B
White orange,
orange,
white green,
blue,
white blue,
green,
white brown,
brown
TIA/EIA-568A
White green,
green,
white orange,
blue,
white blue,
orange,
white brown,
brown
RJ-11
Most commonly used for telephone lines
4 pins
F-type
Used for terrestrial television, cable television, satellite television, cable modems
LC connector
Generally used in organizations network closet or telecom room
Good for both SMF and MMF
ST connector
Used with single mode cable
SC connector
Used with multimode cable
MTRJ
SMF or MMF
Angled Physical Contact (APC)
Mostly employed in RF applications
Ultra Physical Contact (UPC)
SMF or MMF
Ethernet network equipment
Serial devices
Media converters
Fibre switches
Media Converter
Device that connects one cable type to another
Transceiver
Used to plug different types of cable into empty switch ports
Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP)
Compact optical transceiver
SFP speed
Up to 4.25Gbps
SFP distance
80km
Enhanced Small Form-factor (SFP+) speed
10Gbps
SFP+ distance
80km
Quad Small Form-factor (QSFP) speed
4 lanes, 1Gbps
Enhanced Quad Small Form-factor (QSFP+) speed
1 lane at 40Gbp or 4 lanes at 10Gbps each
Krone Block
European alternative to the 110 block
Used for telecom, broadcast audio, and control systems
Building Industry Cross-connect (BIX) Block
Proprietary punch down block developed by Nortel
Used to terminate six 4-pair cables to six RJ45 female ports