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. ... 50 ohms cable is used in radio transmitter antenna connections, many measurement devices and in data communications (Ethernet).

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. ... The cable modem will never keep up with a 10Mbps Ethernet, since there are many users partaking in the downstream. ... Another option is to use data-interface that is the commonly used method for cable modems. ... The common data-port interface is 10Mbps Ethernet.

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... In a home lab, a straight-through cable is often used to connect a switch port to an Ethernet port on a router, with a transceiver attached to the Ethernet port. ... First, there’s the regular old “straight-through cable”, so named because the eight wires inside the cable go straight through the wire.

Wireless Access Points: Power over Ethernet by Eric Meyer
PoE gives you the freedom of installing wireless access points anywhere a ethernet cable will go. Before power over Ethernet was available a wireless access point always had to be near a power outlet to give it power. This meant more money and usually bad placement. ... Gigabit Ethernet uses all the wires in an Ethernet cable thus PoE is not available for Gigabit Ethernet. ... PoE uses the two unused wireless in a Ethernet cable to run the power. ... If you are using a Fat access point which is located near a common power outlet or easily in reach of employees all it takes is a paper clip...

Network Cabling: Available Options by Joshua Feinberg
As their IT consultant, your small business prospects and clients will need you to explain the different network cabling options available to them. Traditional Wired Ethernet (Category 5) Until very recently, Category 5 data cabling was the de facto standard for both enterprise and small... The Ethernet Hub and Network Card To string together a traditional wired Ethernet network based on Category 5 network cabling, your clients will simply need to purchase a 10/100Mbps Ethernet hub or switch, and a 10/100Mbps network card for each PC.

Understanding Your PC Cables And Connection Types by Rich Fuller
The beginning A classification for networks: 1. Peer-to-peer networks; 2. Server-based networks. At least two computers form a peer-to-peer network. In a peer-to-peer network there are no dedicated servers, and the there is no hierarchy between computers – all the computers are equal. ... There are two types of twisted cables: • Unshielded Twisted Pair - UTP (unshielded twisted cable) • Shielded Twisted Pair - STP (shielded twisted cable) The UTP cable is cheaper than STP cable, which has a protective shield that protects the transmitted data by eventually interferences.

Easy Guide on Networking Your Home Computers by Pinky Mcbanon
Easy Guide on Networking your Home Computers Let's say you have 3 desktop computers at your home. One in your kid's room, in your home-office and one in your family room. Your idea is to have all these 3 computers connect to the internet. One computer has an internet connection on a DSL or... The other end of the network cable will directly be connected to the DSL or Cable modem's (port name: "ethernet"). ... (6) Connect a network cable on each computer that you want to get connected to the internet-- (connect this cable at the back of the computer (port name: ethernet).

Uncapping Cable Modems by Kevin Stith
Cable modem technology has the ability to achieve speeds in excess of 1 Mbit per second, but modem cables are set to run at a lesser value. It is typically reduced to half of this number for downloads and around an eight of this number for upload. ISPs cap modems to ensure that the bandwidth is... One way to do this is to set up a modified DOCSIS config file on a TFTP server hooked to the Ethernet side of the Cable Modem and tricking it to read the config file from the Ethernet side instead of the cable side.

Home Networking - Where to Begin and Different Approaches by Lewis Gunter
Wired This is the grandfather of networking, the bread and butter combo, the standard. Setting up a wired network is not very difficult, can be done inexpensively, and doesn’t require much prior networking experience. What you’ll need For internet sharing, you will need a Cable/DSL router. ... If you have a cable router, plug the router into your DSL/Cable source. ... Then connect each computer or laptop from its Ethernet card to another PowerLine unit to any plug in the same home or office.

Cabling Your Home for Computer Network - Still a Requirement? by Dmitriy Abaimov
With proliferation of wireless networking and communication equipment it is oh-so-tempting to cut the cord and save a significant sum of money in the process. But is everything that a regular computer networking user needs can be done using just wireless network? ... Therefore it is best to have it connected via a cable that can deliver both power and the communication signal at the same time. ... With inexpensive adapters called “baluns” the same cable can carry significant number of channels of broadband television or carry a baseband video, such as security camera output, through great...