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What is a coaxial cable?

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referred to as coax is a cable that consists of two conductors

one of the conductors is an inner insulated conductor

the inner conductor is surrounded by another conductor that is sometimes made of a metallic foil or woven wire

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What benefit does a coax cable get from having an inner conductor shielded by the metallic outer conductor?

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resistances to electromagnetic interference (EMI)

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What exactly is EMI?

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EMI is unwanted noise or interference in an electrical path or circuit caused by an outside source

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The term electromagnetic interference (EMI) is sometimes used interchangeably with what term?

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frequency interference (RFI)

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What does the word impedance mean?

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resistance

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What are the three common types of coax cables?

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RG-59
RG-6
RG-58

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Describe a RG-59 coax cable

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This coax cable is used for short distance.

It is not right for long distance applications because of its loss characteristics.

impedance of 75 ohms

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Describe an RG-6 coax cable

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used by local cable companies to connect individual homes to the cable company’s distribution network.

impedance of 75 ohms

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Describe RG-58 coax cable

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Has loss characteristics and distance limitations like those of RG-59

impedance of 50 ohms

this type of coax was popular with early 10BASE2 Ethernet networks

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What is the name of cabling similar to coaxial cable that is less popular? describe it

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twinaxial cabling
commonly called twinax

it uses two inner conductors instead of one

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What are some common connectors used on coaxial cables?

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BNC -Bayonet Neill-Concelman
F-connector

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Describe the BNC connector that is used on coaxial cables

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A bayonet neill-concelman connector can be used for a variety of applications, including as a connector in a 10BASE2 Ethernet network.

A bnc coupler could be used to connect two coaxial cables together back to back.

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Describe the F-connector that is used on coaxial cables

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An F-connector is often used for cable TV connections.

often referred to as F-type connector

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What is today’s most popular LAN media type?

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twisted-pair cable

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Describe a twisted-pair cable

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individually insulated copper strands are intertwined

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What are the two categories of twisted-pair cable?

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shielded twisted pair (STP)
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Unshielded twisted pair (UTP)

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Why is plenum rated cable used?

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for adherence to fire codes

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To define industry-standard pinouts and color coding for twisted-pair cabling what standard was developed?

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TIA/EIA 568

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The first iteration of the TIA/EIA-568 standard, which was released in 1991, has come to be known as what?

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TIA/EIA 568 A

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The 2001 updated standard of the TIA/EIA 568 became known as

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TIA/EIA 568 B

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What is the most commonly used color coding of wiring standard in the United States?

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568B

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If wires in a cable are not twisted or shielded, what would happen?

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The cable can act as an antenna which might receive or transmit EMI

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One option for supporting higher frequencies is to surround a twisted pair in a metallic shielding, similar to the outer conductor in a coaxial cable. What is this type of cable referred to as?

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Shielded twisted-pair (STP) cable

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In STP, the outer conductors shield the copper strands from EMI; however, the drawback of STP is ….

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addition of the metallic shielding adds to the expense of the cable

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How does unshielded twisted pair protect from EMI?
UTP protects from EMI differently from STP instead of having the wires twisted and shielded by metallic shielding, the wires are simply twisted more tightly (that is more twist per centimeter)
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Which is less expensive UTP or STP? Why?
UTP because it does not have the additional cost of the metallic shielding that STP has
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UTP cables vary in their data -carrying capacity. What are common categories of UTP cabling?
CAT 5 CAT 5e CAT 6 CAT 6a CAT 7 CAT 8
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At what speed can CAT 5 carry data?
155Mbps
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Most CAT 5 cables consist of ____ pairs of 24-gauge wires.
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On average, on a CAT 5, how many twist per cm does the wire have?
5
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CAT 5 is commonly used in ...
Ethernet 100BASE-TX networks which carry data at a rate of 100Mbps
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CAT 5e is an updated version of CAT 5 that is commonly used for _______ networks, which carry data at a rate of _____.
1000BASE-T 1Gbps or 1000Mbps
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CAT 5e offers reduced what compared to CAT 5
crosstalk
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What similarity does CAT 6 share with CAT 5e?
they are both commonly used for 1000BASE-T Ethernet networks
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Although some CAT 6 is made from the same 24-gauge wire (other uses 22 or 23), CAT 6 is different in that ...
CAT 6 cable has thicker insulation and offers reduced crosstalk compared with CAT 5e
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CAT 6a or augmented CAT6 supports twice as many frequencies as CAT 6 and can be used for _____ networks.
10GBASE-T
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Rate of transmission of data of CAT 6a
10 billion bits per second (10Gbps)
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Why is CAT 7 not as popular as other UTP cabling categories?
CAT 7 is not an IEEE standard
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What is the data transmissions speed and distance limitation of CAT 7?
10Gbps over 100m
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What is the data transmission speed of CAT 8?
40Gbps
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What is the con of CAT 8s speed?
CAT 8 supports distances of only 30 to 36m, depending on the patch cables used
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The short distances and very high speeds of CAT 8 are ideal for?
data center connections between high-speed multilayer switches
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Most UTP cabling used in today's networks is considered to be ...
straight-through
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What is a straight through?
RJ45 jacks at each end of a cable have matching pinouts pin 1 is the same at each end
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What is a crossover cable
swaps the transmit and receive wire pairs between the two ends of a cable in Ethernet 1 to 3 ---- 3 to 1 2 to 6 ---- 6 to 2 in T1 1 to 4 ----- 4 to 1 2 to 5 ----- 5 to 2
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What is a rollover cable?
pin mapping 1 to 8 2 to 7 3 to 6 4 to 5 ... used to connect to a console port to manage a device such as a router or a switch
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What are the common connectors used on twisted-pair cables?
RJ45 RJ11 DB-9(RS-232)
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Describe a RJ45 connector
A type 45 registered jack is an eight pin connector found in most ethernet networks. However most only use four pins
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Describe a RJ11 connector
A type 11 registered jack has the capacity to be a six-pin connector. most RJ11 only have 2-4 conductors found in most home telephone networks
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Describe a DB-9(RS-232) connector
DB-9 is an older connector used for low-speed asynchronous serial communications pc - printer
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What is fiber optic cabling?
An alternative to copper cabling, which sends light through an optical fiber (typically made of glass).
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What advantages come with using fiber optic cabling?
Fiber optic is immune to EMI since it uses light and not electricity. Also, depending on the Layer 1 technology, fiber-optic can have greater range and greater data-carrying capacity
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Lasers are often used to inject light pulses into fiber optic. What is the lower cost option to this?
LEDs
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Fiber optic cables are generally classified according to their diameter and fall into one of two categories
Multimode fiber MMF signal-mode fiber SMF
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Usually wavelengths of light in an MMF cable are in the range ....
850-1300nm
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The wavelengths of light in an SMF cable are usually in the range ...
1310-1550nm
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What can be used to connect two fiber cables, back to back?
a fiber coupler
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When a light source, such as a laser, sends light pulses into a fiber-optic cable, what keeps the light from simply passing through the glass and being dispersed into the surrounding air?
different types of glass there is an inner strand of glass (that is, a core) surrounded by an outer cladding of glass, similar to the construction of previously mentioned coaxial cable
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The two glasses of fiber optic works because
the inner strand and the outer cladding have different indexes of refraction
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What is the path that light take through a fiber-optic cable called?
mode of propagation
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What would happen if pulses of light representing different bits travel down the cable using different modes of propagation?
it is possible that the bits will arrive out of order
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The condition of bits arriving out of order due to different modes of propagation is called what?
multimode delay distortion
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To mitigate multimode delay distortion, multimode fiber (MMF) is typically limited to what?
shorter distances than SMF
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Single-mode fiber (SMF) eliminates the issue of multimode delay distortion by doing what?
having a core with a diameter so small that it only permits one mode of propagation
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What is a downside to SMF?
cost because SMF has to be manufactured to very exacting tolerances, you usually pay more for a given length of single-mode fiber optic cabling
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What are some common connectors used on fiber-optic cables?
ST SC LC MTRJ
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Describe an ST (straight tip) connector
sometimes referred to as a bayonet connector because of the long tip extending form the connector
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ST connector are most commonly used with ___.
MMF
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How does an ST connector connect to a terminating device?
push the connector into the terminating equipment and then twisting the connector housing to lock it in place
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What dose SC stand for?
subscriber connector standard connector square connector
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How do you connect an SC connector?
push the connector into the terminating device; you can remove it by pulling the connector from the terminating device
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What are the main types of SC?
APC UPC MTRJ
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What can LC stand for?
Lucent connector little connector local connector
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You connect a LC into a terminating device by ....
pushing the connecter into the terminating device you can remove it by pressing the tab on the connector and pulling it out of the terminating device
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What does MTRJ stand for?
media termination recommended jack mechanical transfer registered jack
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What make the MTRJ unique?
two fiber strands (a transmit strand and a receive strand) are included in a single connector
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The type of connection impacts the quality of the fiber-optic transmission. List from basic to better the options for polishing styles of fiber-optic connectors.
physical contact (PC) ultra physical contact (UPC) angled physical contact (APC)
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How do you connect a MTRJ?
pushing it into the terminating device; you can remove it by pulling the connector from the terminating device
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What is the PC (physical contact) polishing styles back reflection?
-40dB
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What is the UPC (ultra physical contact) polishing style back reflection?
-55dB
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What is the APC (angled physical contact) back reflection?
-70dB
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A popular implementation of Ethernet, in the early days, was called what?
10BASE5 10 referred to network throughput -10Mbps BASE referred to baseband 5 indicated the distance limitation of 500m
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The cable used in 10BASE5 was a larger diameter than most types of media. In fact, this network type became known as ...
thicknet
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Another early Ethenet implementation was 10BASE2. What is the distance limitation of this Ethernet implementation?
185m
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The cabling used in 10BASE2 networks was significantly thinner and therefore less expensive than 10BASE5 cabling. As a result, 10BASE2 cabling was known as
thinnet or cheapernet
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What is the bandwidth capacity of standard Ethernet?
10Mbps 10 million bits per second
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What is Fast Ethernet bandwidth capacity?
100Mbps 100 million bits per sec
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What is Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth capacity?
1Gbps 1 billion bits per sec
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What is 10-Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth capacity?
10 Gbps duh
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What is 100-Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth capacity?
100 Gbps duh
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The type of cabling used in an Ethernet network influences what?
bandwidth capacity and distance limitation of the network
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Between fiber optic and twisted-pair cabling, which often has a higher bandwidth capacity?
fiber-optic
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What is a transceiver?
a device that makes it possible to uplink one Ethernet switch to another if different connectors for different installations are required
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A GBICs is a transceiver with the bandwidth capacity of 1Gbps. What is the smaller variant of a regular GBIC called?
small form-factor pluggable (SFP) which is sometimes called a mini GBIC
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Name the variations of the SFP
Enhanced form-factor pluggable (SFP+) Quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) Enhanced quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP+)
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What does multiplexing do?
allows multiple communications sessions to share the same physical medium
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What are the three approaches to multiplexing in fiber-optic networks?
Dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) Coarse wavelength-division multiplexing (CWDM) Bidirectional wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)
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Describe how Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) works
32 light wavelengths on a single fiber, where each wavelength can support as many as 160 simultaneous transmissions using more than eight active wavelengths per fiber
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Describe how Coarse wavelength-division multiplexing (CDWM) works
CDWM uses fewer than eight active wavelengths per fiber
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Describe how Bidirectional wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) works
This approach multiplexes a number of optical carrier signals onto a single optical fiber by using different wavelengths. Using this technique enables bidirectional communication over one strand of fiber and increases the overall capacity.
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cable distribution systems are ____ in nature
hierarchical
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What is a wiring closet?
the location where cables from end-users offices runs back too
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What is a patch panel or patch bay?
A patch panel in a local area network (LAN) is a mounted hardware assembly that contains ports that are used to connect and manage incoming and outgoing LAN cable
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What is punchdown blocks?
A common term for cross connect blocks. A cross-connect is a physical, hardwired cable that provides a direct connection between two different termination locations within a data center.
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What is a fiber distribution panel?
fiber optic patch panel, mainly used for accommodating fiber cable terminations, connections and patching
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What are the two major categories of fiber distribution panels?
wall mount and rack mount
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What are the common locations where cables from nearby offices terminate called?
intermediate distribution frames (IDFs)
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What are the two most popular types of cross-connect blocks found in IDF?
66 block 110 block
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Where were 66 blocks traditionally used and for what?
corporate environments for cross-connecting phone system cabling
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As 10Mbps LANs grew in popularity, 66 blocks were used for what?
cross-connect CAT 3 UTP cabling
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What is the downside to 66 blocks?
do not support higher speed LAN technologies, such as 100Mbps Ethernet networks
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What are 110 blocks used for?
110 blocks are often used to terminate cable used for higher-speed LANs
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Krone is a cross connect block that is the European alternative to the ____block.
110
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What is a BIX?
a cross connect block that terminates 25 pairs unused side is the only thing visible
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The centralized distribution frame, which connects out to multiple IDFs, is called what?
main distribution frame (MDF)

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