Mahdi Hakimzada

Aria University
Network-1

Network Media
Coaxial Cable
Half duplex
• Thicknet (500m)
• Thinnet (180m)

• Connectors:
– BNC
– F-connector
EMI (Electromagnetic Interference)
Twisted Pair
• STP (Shielded Twisted Pair)
• UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair)
Common Categories of Twisted pair cable:
• Cat3 10Mbps 10Base-T
• Cat5 100Mbps 100Base-TX
• Cat5e 1Gbps 1000Base-TX
• Cat6 1Gbps 1000Base-TX
• Cat6a 10Gbps 10GBase-T
Twisted Pair Cable Pinout
MDI & MDIX (medium dependent interface/MDI crossover)

• MDI Devices Transmit on Pin 1,2 and Receive on 3,6

– PC
– Router
– WAP
– Wireless Router
• MDIX Devices Transmit on pin 3,6 and receive on 1,2
Cont.
Fiber Optic Cable
Fiber Optic cable types
• SMF • MMF
 Support long distance  Support Shorter
 Laser is used as the distance
light source  LED is used as the light
Source
Cont.