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Planning and Cabling Networks

Network Fundamentals – Chapter 10

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Basic Network Media Required to Make a LAN Connection. Selecting the appropriate hardware, including the

cabling, to install several computers together in a LAN

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Basic Network Media Required to Make a LAN Connection. The key factors considered in choosing the of the

devices that will be employed in a LAN can be defined as (cost-no of ports-required speed –modulators-manageability

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Basic Network Media Required to Make a LAN Connection. Connect two computers with a switch

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Types of Connections in a LANStandards for UTP cables lengths for network connection

Total end to end length up to 100meter

Horizontal channel maximum of 10mrter

Up to 5 meter for interconnecting patch panel

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Types of Connections in a LAN Using the correct cable in connecting intermediate and

end devices in a LAN.

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Types of Connections in a LAN The pinout of the straight-through and cross-over

cables

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10base-T Ethernet RJ-45 PINOUT

Pin number signal

1 TD+(Transmit data ,positive-going different signal

2 TD-(Transmit data, negative-going different signal)

3 TD+(Transmit data, positive going different signal)

4 unused

5 unused

6 TD-(Transmit data,negative going different signal)

7 unused

8unused

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Types of Connections in a LAN Recognize that a different class of cables is used to

connect WANs, and that the cables, standards and ports are different than those in use by LANs.

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Types of Connections in a LAN Using the rollover connections when using Cisco

equipment.

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Design an Addressing Scheme for an Inter-network. When designing network; count the devices that needs

IP address in network and assign ranges for hosts, network devices and the router interface

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Design an Addressing Scheme for an Inter-network. Calculate the address ranges for sub networks

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Importance of Network Designs Determine the total number of hosts in a network,

accounting for present and future requirements

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Importance of Network Designs Given a network requirement, determine the optimum

number of sub networks in the larger internetwork.

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Importance of Network Designs How to count the segments between router interfaces.

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