The Types of LAN Cable

LAN cables are the Ethernet transmission media connecting network devices in your computer network. Is very useful if you know better about before you make a lan cable network design. Design a great network cables, a supporting element which makes computer networking lan you will easily maintained and reliable. So very useful lan cable network in reality. The following are the kinds of lan cable commonly used in lan networks.

1. Coaxial LAN Cables

Lan coaxial cable used in Ethernet 10Base2 and 10Base5 a few years ago. 10Base5 refers to the temporary Thicknet 10Base2 10Base5 refers to the first use because thinnet lan cable coaxial thicker.

Initially Ethernet network based on coaxial lan cable which can stretch up to 500 meters in one segment. Lan coaxial cable is expensive, and only up to a maximum speed of 10 Mbps only. Coaxial cable lan is now unpopular.

2.  Fiber Optic

Fiber optic is the latest medium for transmission within standard Ethernet lan cable. The main difference in terms of functionality between fiber optic cables and electric cables are partially follows:

1. Distance farther
2. Much more expensive
3. Less magnetic interference, making it more secure
4. Able to support speeds up to 10 Gigabits

There are two kinds of lan cable in the optical device:

1. Multimode (MM), using the size of the larger diameter fiber optic
2. Single mode (SM), using a very small diameter fiber optic. This type is very expensive due to the fabrication process more precise. Optic cable can reach much longer than on the type of optic MM.

Optic Connectors

To transmit data via the optic lan cable you need a single optic strand to one direction. You need two optic strand for both directions every 2 to send and receive.

We return to our initial scenario, how to connect each building using a lan cable based on our knowledge of the above lan cable? The following image is a picture of best practice how to connect the two buildings with a lan cable, in the scenario we use the lan cable UTP Cat5e outdoor. You can use a lan cable UTP crossover. Crossover cable to connect to each other on the trunk ports of switches to be connected. You need to configure the port that serves as a trunk port.

Drop cable is a cable that connects any computer with a switch. Lan cable is supposed to use Cat 5e UTP cable with each end has RJ-45 connector. Minimum lan cable is 0.6 meters and the maximum is 100 meters.

Wall jack is similar to the connection point that often we find in the phone, so that it can connect network lan cable UTP RJ-45.

Patch cable is UTP cable segments are used to connect to a network interface card or a wall jack to connect other parts of the network cable installation. Patch panel is a panel that provides a multi-port connector that channel cables to devices or other connecting hardware such as switches.

3. UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) and STP (shielded twisted pair)

There are two types of cable with copper wire is that STP and UTP, but the most popular is the lan cable UTP.  Lan cable UTP is the most popular which consists of 4 pairs of wires wrapped around each other with a special color code standard and insulated with plastic.

Levels of UTP cable is indicated by its many winding or torsion every single inch, the low level of attenuation, lack the level of interference and crosstalk symptoms. Maximum length in one segment of the lan cable is 100 meters away, if it is longer than 100 meters, then you are not able to guarantee the high level of attenuation. Speed ​​that can be achieved is up to 1 Gigabit is of type UTP Cat5e lan cable, which is the amount of twisting or winding of the cable pair a little more every single inch and added more as a single nylon cable jacket insulation. So once again the grade of UTP cable is determined by the number of torsion in every single inch.

Standard UTP

1. Lan cable UTP Cat 1, used for telephone networks.
2. Lan cable UTP Cat 2, a maximum speed of 4 Mbps, originally intended to support Token Ring over UTP.
3. Lan cables Cat 3, with a maximum speed of 10 Mbps. Lan cable can be used for telephone and an option jarigan lan cable UTP past.
4. Lan cable UTP Cat 4, the maximum speed is 16 Mbps, faster version of the commonly used Token Ring network.
5. Lan cable Cat 5, maximum speed of 1 Gigabps, very popular for desktop lan cable.
6. Cat 5e UTP lan cable, with a maximum speed of 1 Gigabps, lower emissions, more expensive than Cat 5 would be great but for Gigabit networks.
7. Lan cable UTP Cat 6, maximum speed is 1 + Gigabps, intended as a substitute for the ability to support Cat 5e-2 multigigabit speeds.

Identification UTP

You should be familiar with both the cabling to be able to identify by examining its pin-2. There are actually two kinds of standards are:

1. T568-A is a lan cable UTP straight through type, both ends of the cable placement on pin-2 RJ-45 connector is the same.
2. T568-B is a lan cable UTP type of cross-over. You can take a closer look at the cross-over cable, pins 2 and 6 couples and couples pin 1 and 3 swapped places.

Connecting Devices

The rules of the use of this cable is as follows, if for connecting two different types of devices, use the lan cable UTP straight-through. Meanwhile, if you connect two similar devices, use a cross-over LAN cable.

Anyway all your friends, ... to be clear about the practice in the form of an image, you only need to access google images, because many other publiser create a link on the LAN cable problem. Enjoy Man !!