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Foil 36 Cabling - Twisted Pair (3)

From Introduction to Internetworking Lectures at Xi'an Jaotong University -- Sept 1998. by Roman Markowski
1 Attenuation - the strength of a signal falls with distance over any transmission medium
2 Crosstalk - a major source of noise in twisted-pair cable; it is caused by signal "leakage" from adjacent wires
3 Comparison:
  • UTP cat 3 - good; four twisted pair required with 25Mbps for each pair;
  • UPT cat 5 - better; two twisted pair;
  • STP - best
4 Application: Fast Ethernet, ATM, and CDDI
5 Connector: RJ45
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