Chapter 2 Flashcards
Bounded media
Uses physical conductor
Unbounded media
No physical conductor
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
STP
Shielded Twisted Pair
Cat 3
Ethernet, 10Mbps, 100m
Cat 4
IBM Token Ring, 16Mbps, 100m
Cat 5
Fast Ethernet, 100Mbps, 100m
Cat 5e
Gigabit Ethernet, 1Gbps, 100m
Cat 6
10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10Gbps, 55m
Cat 6a
10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10Gbps, 100m
Cat 7
10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10Gbps, 100m
RJ-45
OW, O, GW, BL, BLW, G, BRW, BR
RG59
Low power video (digital receivers)
RG6
Routing cable TV signals (long distance)
RG58
Thinnet ethernet
RG8
Thicknet ethernet
RG9
Cable TV transmission and cable modems
F-Connector
Threaded twist on coax
BNC
Snap and twist
Singlemode fiber
Single Optical signal
Multimode fiber
multiple light signals on a single strand
ST connector
Looks like BNC, used for multimode on patch panels, Straight tip
SC connector
Box shaped, singlemode and multimode common on duplex configurations, Standard Connection
LC connector
Half size of ST and SC, RJ-45 type latch, single and multimode, used in twisted pair to optical transition. Little connector