NETWORKING CRIMPING CABLE STANDARDS CABLE STANDARDS The cables

NETWORKING CRIMPING & CABLE STANDARDS

CABLE STANDARDS The cables are described using codes as per the given format N<Signaling Ø Ø Ø type>-X N= transfer rate in bits per second Signaling type= baseband / broadband (b- baseband & Bbroadband) X- Unique specifier for cabling scheme

STANDARD CABLE TYPE MAX SPEED TRANSMISSION DISTANCE 10 Base-T UTP 10 Mbps 100 m 100 Base-TX UTP, STP 100 Mbps 100 m 1000 Base-T UTP 1000 Mbps 100 m 10 Base-FL FIBER 10 Mbps 500 m – 2000 m 100 Base-FX MMF 100 Mbps 2000 m 1000 Base-SX MMF 1000 Mbps 550 m 1000 Base-CX BALANCED SHIELDED COPPER 1000 Mbps 25 m 1000 Base-LX MMF & SMF 1000 Mbps 550 m & 2000 m 10 GBase-SR MMF 10 Gbps 300 m 10 GBase-LR SMF 10 Gbps 10 KM 10 GBase-ER SMF 10 Gbps 40 KM FDDI MMF 100 Mbps 10 KM

CRIMPING Crimping is joining two pieces of metal or other malleable material by deforming one or both of them to hold the other. The bend or deformity is called the crimp. CRIMPING TOOLThe tool used for crimping RJ 45 connector to UTP cable , is shown below

TYPES OF CRIMPING UTP CABLE STRAIGHT CABLE CROSS CABLE LOOPBACK CONNECTOR

STRAIGHT CABLE Both sides have same colour sequence Used to connect two different devices Ø PC to Switch Modem to Switch PC to Modem Switch to Router Ø Ø Ø

STRAIGHT CABLE

CROSS CABLE Cables are crossed ( Tx on one side to Rx of other side) Used to connect two same devices Ø PC to PC Switch to Switch Ø

CROSS CABLE