Cabling: The Complete Guide to Network Wiring - Hardcover

Groth, David; McBee, Jim; Barnett, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0782129587 ISBN 13: 9780782129588

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Synopsis

The most comprehensive guide to network cabling!

• Designed for cable installers and contractors, network administrators, and PC and network technicians, this book provides all the information you need to know to work safely and effectively with cables in the workplace.
• Coverage spans cabling system design and installation, electrical and security issues, cabling components, and documenting and troubleshooting your system.
• Includes a 32–page color insert for quick identification of connectors and cables as well as vendor information and recommendations.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The physical linkages responsible for carrying a company's data continue to be the most neglected components of the typical network-to the extent that nearly 70% of all network-related problems result from poor cabling.

In this the second edition of a much-needed and warmly welcomed book, three networking experts share their extensive experience, teaching you the cabling skills you need to build a reliable, efficient network cabling infrastructure. As you master these techniques, you'll learn to avoid common pitfalls and troubleshoot problems as quickly as they arise.

Coverage includes:
* Choosing the right cables for your network architecture and topology
* Understanding the current limitations of data communications and network cabling
* Understanding how laws and building codes constrain cabling
* Understanding the function and importance of universal cabling standards
* Selecting quality components
* Assembling a complete cabling toolkit
* Integrating voice and data on the same cable system
* Setting up an infrastructure in which desktops, printers, copiers, and other nodes share cabling
* Understanding issues of bandwidth, impedance, resistance, attenuation, crosstalk, capacitance, propagation, delay, and delay skew
* Working effectively with USB and Firewire
* Knowing when to discard legacy cabling and begin anew
* Documenting your cabling
* Creating an RFP and selecting a vendor

Synopsis

Cabling is crucial to every network. Correct use of cables helps build a reliable, high performance network; wrong use of cables can doom a network to performance problems and constant troubleshooting. As a result everyone who plans, builds, and maintains networks - PC technicians, and network consultants - needs to know all about various types of cables - from those used to network desktops to hubs and switches up to those used by major telecommunications carriers. This text covers network wiring for network administrators, network consultants, cabling technicians, PC and network technicians.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0782129587
• ISBN 13: 9780782129588
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 840