Cabling

The physical linkages responsible for carrying a company's datacontinue to be the most neglected components of the typicalnetwork--to the extent that nearly 70% of all network-relatedproblems result from poor cabling. In this third edition of a widely acclaimed resource, threenetworking experts share their extensive experience, teaching youthe cabling skills you need to build a reliable, efficient, andcost-effective network cabling infrastructure. As you master thesetechniques, you'll learn to avoid common pitfalls and troubleshootproblems as quickly as they arise. Coverage includes: * Choosing the right cables and components for your networkarchitecture and topology * Avoiding unnecessary and unexpected costs * Understanding the current limitations of data communicationsand network cabling * Understanding how laws and building codes constraincabling * Understanding the function and importance of universal cablingstandards * Determining when you have a cabling-related networkproblem * 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 delayskew * 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