LAN Cabling
CCNA Instructor Training Course
October 12-17, 2009
Department of Computer Engineering
Kasetsart University
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Objectives
Cabling the LANs
Straight-through
Cross-over
Roll-over
2
LAN Device Consideration
Cost Ports Speed
Expandability Manageability
3
Ethernet in the Campus
10base-T
Fast Ethernet
End user
Gigabit Ethernet
Backbone
5
Twisted Pair Cable
100 Hz 5 MHz
Outer Insulator Solid Copper
(PVC) Conductors
6
UTP Cables
7
UTP cable standard
Category Bandwidth Digital/Analog Use
1 very low Analog Telephone
2 < 2 MHz Analog/digital LANs
3 16 MHz Digital LANs
4 20 MHz Digital LANs
5 100 MHz Digital LANs
5e 100 MHz Digital LANs
6 250 MHz Digital LANs
6a 550 MHz Digital LANs
7 600 MHz Digital LANs
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UTP Cables and Ethernet
Types UTP Cable Duplex Max
Type Distance
10Base-T Cat3/Cat5 Half/Full 100 m
100Base-T4 Cat3 Half/Full 100 m
100Base-TX Cat5 Full 100 m
1000Base-T Cat5e/Cat6 Full 100 m
1000Base- Cat6 Full 100 m
TX
10GBase-T Cat6a/Cat7 Full 100 m
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Shielded Twisted-Pair Cable
10
Coaxial cable
100 KHz 500 MHz
11
Coaxial cable standard
Category Impedance Use
RG-59 75 Cable TV
RG-58 50 Thin Ethernet
RG-11 50 Thick Ethernet
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Coaxial cable connector
Barrel Connectors
Bayonet network connector (BNC)
T-connector
Terminator
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Attach the RJ-45
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Ethernet Straight-Thru Cable
RJ-45 Connector RJ-45 Connector
PIN # PIN #
1 TD + TD + 1
2 TD - TD - 2
7x 8x 9x 10x 11x 12x 7x 8x 9x 10x 11x 12x
Ethernet
3 RD + RD + 3 C
78910112
A 123456 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x
4
A B
4
5 5 Hub
PC 6 RD - RD - 6
7 7
8 8
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Ethernet Crossover Cable
RJ-45 Connector RJ-45 Connector
PIN # PIN #
1 TD + TD + 1
2 TD - TD - 2
3 RD + RD + 3
4 4
5 5
PC 6 RD - RD - 6 PC
7 7
8 8
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Ethernet Media and Connector
“Electronic Industries Association and
the Telecommunications Industry
Association” (EIA/TIA) standards
EIA/TIA-568 (SP-2840)
Commercial Building Telecommunications Wiring
Standards
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RJ-45 Color Code
1. White/Green 1. White/Orange
2. Green 2. Orange
3. White/Orange 3. White/Green
4. Blue 4. Blue
5. White/Blue 5. White/Blue
6. Orange 6. Green
7. White/Brown 7. White/Brown
8. Brown 8. Brown
EIA/TIA 568 A EIA/TIA 568 B
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Straight-Thru Cable
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
EIA/TIA 568 A EIA/TIA 568 B
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Crossover Cable
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Straight-Through Cable
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
straight-through
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Cross-Over Cable
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
cross-over
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Good vs. Bad Cabling
Good Bad
Wires are untwisted too long
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Roll-Over Cable
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
roll-over
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