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Lab: Cable Construction: - LAN Cable - WAN Cable

The document discusses different types of cables used for local and wide area networks. It describes common cable categories including Cat 3, Cat 5, Cat 5e, and Cat 6 which are used for Ethernet networks ranging from 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps. It also discusses RJ connectors, cable standards like TIA-568A/B, straight-through vs crossover cables, and how to physically construct an RJ45 cable.

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Lab: Cable Construction: - LAN Cable - WAN Cable

The document discusses different types of cables used for local and wide area networks. It describes common cable categories including Cat 3, Cat 5, Cat 5e, and Cat 6 which are used for Ethernet networks ranging from 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps. It also discusses RJ connectors, cable standards like TIA-568A/B, straight-through vs crossover cables, and how to physically construct an RJ45 cable.

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Lab: cable construction

•LAN cable
•WAN cable
RJ (registered jack)
• RJ-XX is a general term for electrical connector
designs registered with the US Federal
Communications Commission, including the RJ-
11, RJ-14, RJ-25, RJ-61 and RJ-45 connectors.
• The most familiar registered jacks are the 4-
conductor and the 6-conductor connectors
known variously as RJ-11, RJ-12 and RJ-14,
and the 8-conductor RJ-45, all sometimes simply
called RJ connectors. These are commonly used
in building wiring for telephone and local area
networks.
Category cable
• Cat 1 and Cat 2 are 1 Mbit/s systems for
voice and low-speed data.
• Category 3 cable: 10 Mbit/s
• Cat 4: 20 Mbit/s. Cat 4 offered only a small
advance in speed over Cat3, and was
generally ignored in favour of Cat 5.
Category cable
• Category 5 cable, commonly known as Cat 5, is an unshielded
twisted pair type cable designed for high signal integrity. The actual
standard defines specific electrical properties of the wire, but it is
most commonly known as being rated for its Ethernet capability of
100 Mbit/s. Its specific standard designation is EIA/TIA-568. Cat 5
cable typically has three twists per inch of each twisted pair of 24
gauge copper wires within the cable. Another important
characteristic is that the wires are insulated with a plastic (FEP) that
has low dispersion, that is, the dielectric constant of the plastic does
not depend greatly on frequency. Special attention also has to be
paid to minimizing impedance mismatches at connection points.
• It is often used in structured cabling for computer networks such as
fast Ethernet, although it is often used to carry many other signals
such as basic voice services, token ring, and ATM (at up to 155
Mbits/s, over short distances).
Category cable
• Cat 5e cable is an enhanced version of
Cat 5 for use with 1000 Base-T networks,
or for long-distance 100 Base-T links (350
m, compared with 100 m for Cat5). It must
meet the EIA/TIA 568A-5 specification.
• Cat 6 cable is defined by the ANSI
TIA/EIA 568B-2.1. It is suitable for 1000
Base-T (gigabit) Ethernet up to 100 m.
Category cable
• Cat 7 cable, with four individually-shielded pairs
(ScTP) inside an overall shield, has been
proposed but is not in common use. It is
designed for transmission frequencies up to
600MHz, which should enable it to carry 10-
Gigabit Ethernet (10GBaseT), but requires a
redesigned RJ-45 connector (called a GG45) to
achieve this speed. 10GBaseT networks are not
yet widely available, and may not be able to
compete with fibre optic networks.
TIA-568
• TIA-568A is used by some phone systems
and Token Ring.
• Most everything else, such as the Ethernet
standards 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX,
use TIA-568B.
TIA-568
Straight-through cable
Crossover cable
Rollover cable
RJ45-DB9

1 (RTS) blue --- 8 (CTS)


2 (DTR) orange --- 6 (DSR)
3 (TXD) black --- 2 (RXD)
4 (GND) red --- 5 (GND)
5 (GND) green --- 5 (GND)
6 (RXD) yellow --- 3 (TXD)
7 (DSR) brown --- 4 (DTR)
8 (CTS) gray --- 7 (RTS
Making a Cable
Cut a Length of Cable
Strip off the Jacket
Separate the Wires
Untwist the Wires
Organize and Flatten Wires
Clip the Wires
Insert Wires into RJ-45 Plug
Push the Wires In
Inspect the Color Code
Inspect Both Ends
Referance: Gigabit cable

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