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CCNA 1 v3.1 Module 4Cable Testing

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Purpose of This PowerPoint

• This PowerPoint primarily consists of the Target Indicators (TIs) of this module in CCNA version 3.1.

• It was created to give instructors a PowerPoint to take and modify as their own.

• This PowerPoint is:NOT a study guide for the module final assessment.NOT a study guide for the CCNA certification exam.

• Please report any mistakes you find in this PowerPoint by using the Academy Connection Help link.

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Objectives

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Waves

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Sine Waves and Square Waves

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Sine Waves and Square Waves

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Exponents and Logarithms

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Decibels

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Viewing Signals in Time and Frequency

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Viewing Signals in Time and Frequency

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Analog and Digital Signals in Time and Frequency

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Noise in Time and Frequency

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Bandwidth

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Signaling over Copper and Fiber

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Signaling over Copper and Fiber

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Signaling over Copper and Fiber

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Signaling over Copper and Fiber

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Attenuation and Insertion Loss on Copper Media

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Sources of Noise on Copper Media

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Types of Crosstalk

Near-end crosstalk (NEXT)

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Types of Crosstalk

Far-end crosstalk (FEXT)

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Types of Crosstalk

Power sum near-end crosstalk (PSNEXT)

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Cable Testing Standards

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Cable Testing Standards

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Cable Testing Standards

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Crosstalk

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Time-based Parameters

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Testing Optical Fiber

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Testing Optical Fiber

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New Standard

• On June 20, 2002, the Category 6 (or Cat 6) addition to the TIA-568 standard was published.

• This new standard specifies the original set of performance parameters that need to be tested for Ethernet cabling as well as the passing scores for each of these tests.

• A quality cable tester is the Fluke DSP-LIA013 Channel/Traffic Adapter for Cat5e.

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Summary