CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: A Guide To Cable Types by Chris Bryant
When you're putting your CCNA and/or CCNP home lab together, you're not just buying routers and switches you're creating a blueprint for success. There is no better way to learn about how real Cisco routers and switches work than to work with the real thing! ... To connect your PC directly to the router or switch you're configuring, you'll need a rollover cable, also referred to as a rolled cable. ... The basic cable you'll need is a straight-through cable. ... A more specialized cable type is the DTE/DCE cable.

Coaxial Cable - Definition and Uses for Communication by Kundan Upadhyaya
Coaxial cable is defined as two concentric wires, cylindrical in shape, separated by a dielectric of some type. One wire is the center conductor and the other is the outer conductor. A protective jacket covers these conductors. The protective jacket is then covered by an outer protective armor. ... Coaxial cabling is the primary type of cabling used by the cable television industry and is also widely used for computer networks such as Ethernet. ... Most common coaxial cable impedances in use in various applications are 50 ohms and 75 ohms.

Computer Cables by Elizabeth Morgan
Computer cables can be data cables used to move data between various components such as keyboard, CPU, monitor, printer, scanner and other multimedia systems. These cables enable high-speed data transfers within the input and output components of the computer. ... It needs an AC power cable, a high-speed serial bus connector, an USB cable, a digital video cable, and a modem connector cable. ... The high-speed serial bus connector is a data cable used to transfer bits and bytes from the input devices to the output devices.

Cisco CCNA / CCNP Certification Exam: Cabling Your Home Lab by Chris Bryant
More CCNA and CCNP candidates than ever before are putting together their own home labs, and there's no better way to learn about Cisco technologies than working with the real thing. Getting the routers and switches is just part of putting together a great CCNA / CCNP home lab, though. ... For your Cisco home lab, one important cable is the DTE/DCE cable. ... Finally, if you're lucky enough to have an access server as part of your lab, you'll need an octal cable to connect your AS to the other routers and switches in your lab.

What Do I Do With All These Ugly Cables? by Mark Boehm
So you have worked hard to get everything just right with that great stereo system or home theatre system in your arsenal of Audio/Video equipment. Everything looks great except for all those wires, what to do with all those wires. It is a problem that most of us will encounter even if you are... Cable management solutions include items like cable raceways, cinch straps, hook and loop cable tie rolls, cable ties and cable tie mounts. ... Cable raceways come in a variety of sizes like 1.6”, .8” and 1.25 “and other sizes.

Why HDMI? A Change In Cables Can Improve Your A/V Experience In Minutes by Lewis Gunter
I'm going to be blatantly honest with you, perhaps even painfully honest. I work at an Internet Retailer dealing with high tech connectivity accessories. I've written copy on products I've never even had the privilege to test. This is not so much because there's anything wrong with the products. ... My friend was able to take back a now-unnecessary SPDIF fiber optic audio cable that cost him a pretty penny. ... He mentioned that he still needed to get some cables (he was running his video feed over a cheap S-Video cable).

How Do Cable Modems Work? by Kevin Stith
The internet has become even faster. Gone are the days of sluggish dial-up connections. Cable modems offer a way for you to use your cable connection to get high-speed internet access. How do cable modems work? First of all, data and information from the internet comes over the coaxial cable,... The cable modem is what allows you to have both cable television and high-speed internet access on the same coaxial cable. ... They also allow you to get and receive data at a faster rate because a coaxial cable has a lot of space, despite the fact that you also use the cable to get a cable...

What You Need To Know About Cables by Elizabeth Morgan
Cables are electric conductors covered with insulating material. They are used to connect different components of a system such as connecting a DVD player with a TV. Cables are being used in almost every area of human activity. Cables of different make and uses are now available in the market. ... Household items such as TVs, refrigerators, and air conditioners need an electric cable to function. ... The cable manufacturing industry is also growing every year and new improved products are being launched regularly.

Cisco Certification: A Survival Guide To The Cisco Cable Jungle by Chris Bryant
One of the most confusing parts of beginning your Cisco studies is keeping all the cable types separate in your mind, and then remembering what they’re used for. This often occurs when a CCNA or CCNP candidate starts putting together their own home practice lab, and they suddenly realize that... First, there’s the regular old “straight-through cable”, so named because the eight wires inside the cable go straight through the wire. ... Without a rollover cable (also commonly called a “console cable”), you can’t connect your laptop directly to a Cisco device.

Installilng Cable Modems by Kevin Stith
Installing a cable modem is very easy. All you need to have is a splitter and a new set of cables. First, you must separate the wires with the splitter. One segment created by the splitter goes to your modem and the modem is connected to your computer. ... If you are not a do-it-yourself guy and would rather a professional do it for you, you may call your local cable technician who will assist you with the setup. ... The cable modem will never keep up with a 10Mbps Ethernet, since there are many users partaking in the downstream.