Cabling: The Complete Guide to Network Wiring - Softcover

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David Barnett is a network consultant and is revising the book in consultation with the authors of the first edition- Jim McBee and David Groth, authors of several Sybex books on Networking.

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The physical linkages responsible for carrying a company's data continue to bethe most neglected components of the typical network to the extent thatnearly 70% of all network-related problems result from poorcabling.

In this third edition of a widely acclaimed resource, threenetworking experts share their extensive experience, teaching you the cablingskills you need to build a reliable, efficient, and cost-effective networkcabling infrastructure. As you master these techniques, you'll learn to avoidcommon pitfalls and troubleshoot problems as quickly as they arise. Coverageincludes:

• Choosing the right cables and components foryour network architecture and topology
• Avoiding unnecessary and unexpectedcosts
• Understanding the current limitations of data communications andnetwork 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 dataon the same cable system
• Setting up an infrastructure in which desktops,printers, copiers, and other nodes share cabling
• Understanding issues ofbandwidth, impedance, resistance, attenuation, crosstalk, capacitance,propagation, delay, and delay skew
• Working effectively with USB andFirewire
• Knowing when to discard legacy cabling and beginanew
• Documenting your cabling
• Creating an RFP and selecting a vendor