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Understanding Ethernet and Cable Types

Ethernet is a networking technology that uses cables to connect devices like computers and routers to local area networks (LANs) for data transmission. There are two main types of Ethernet cables - straight-through cables which connect different device types like a computer to a router, and crossover cables which connect the same device types like two computers by swapping the wire pairs. Ethernet cables come in various forms and allow devices on a network to communicate and transmit data.

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Understanding Ethernet and Cable Types

Ethernet is a networking technology that uses cables to connect devices like computers and routers to local area networks (LANs) for data transmission. There are two main types of Ethernet cables - straight-through cables which connect different device types like a computer to a router, and crossover cables which connect the same device types like two computers by swapping the wire pairs. Ethernet cables come in various forms and allow devices on a network to communicate and transmit data.

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NETWORKING BASIC

Ethernet is defined as a networking technology that includes the protocol, port, cable, and computer chip
needed to plug a desktop or laptop into a local area network (LAN) for speedy data transmission via coaxial or fiber
optic cables. This article explains the meaning of Ethernet and how it works, along with its key uses.

Types of Networks
1. Local Area Networks (LANs)
2. Wide Area Networks (WANs)
3. Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)

TYPES OF ETHERNET CABLES


An Ethernet cable is a common type of network cable used with wired networks. Ethernet cables connect
devices such as PCs, routers, and switches within a local area network.

Ethernet cables can come in two forms when it comes to wiring:

1. Straight-through cable:
This cable type has identical wiring on both ends (pin 1 on one end of the cable is connected to pin 1 at
the other end of the cable, pin 2 is connected to pin 2 etc.):

White-Orange
Orange
White-Green
Blue
White-Blue
Green
White-Brown
Brown

This type of cable is used to connect the following devices:


 computer to hub
 computer to switch
 router to hub
 router to switch
Computers and routers use wires 1 and 2 to transmit data and wires 3 and 6 to receive data. Hubs and
switches use wires 1 and 2 to receive data and wires 3 and 6 to send data. That is why, if you want to connect
two computers together, you will need a crossover cable.

2. Crossover cable:
With the crossover cable, the wire pairs are swapped, which means that different pins are connected
together – pin 1 on one end of the cable is connected to pin 3 on the other end, pin 2 on one end is connected to
pin 6 on the other end.

A crossover cable covers the other situations where you are connecting the same device type to each
other. This is used very commonly used to connect to computers to each other when wireless internet wasn’t as
reliable. Or, if people didn’t want to rely on wireless internet to connect their computers together.

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