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Networking is the process of connecting two or more devices so that they can communicate with each other. Networks can be wired or wireless, and they can be used for a variety of purposes, such as sharing files, printing, and accessing the internet.
The Functional Elements of a Structured Cabling System: Equipment Outlets, Distributors, and Cabling Subsystems
Throughout our previous articles, we’ve discussed telecommunications rooms, LAN wiring, hierarchical networks, and various types of cabling media.…
Understanding the Hierarchical Star Topology Cabling System: A Functional Model
We’ve already explored the active components (switches, routers, wireless controllers) that operate within a hierarchical star network, and…
Understanding Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM): A High-Speed Communication Protocol
Before Ethernet became the near-universal standard for both local and wide area networking, a different technology called Asynchronous…
How a Token Ring Network Operates: A Detailed Overview
Before Ethernet became the dominant local area networking technology, one of its most significant competitors was Token Ring,…
Describing a Network Using Ethernet Technologies
Throughout this entire series of articles — from telecommunications rooms and structured cabling, to transceiver modules and hierarchical…
The Three Core Categories of Networking Architectures: Bus, Ring, and Hierarchical Star
When you plug a laptop into a switch, or when a data center engineer designs a new server…
What is Crosstalk in Communication Cabling? Causes, Types, and Prevention
If you’ve ever been on an old analog phone call and faintly heard another conversation bleeding through the…
Understanding the Categories of Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling: Category 3, 5e, 6, and 6A
Walk into any office, data center, or home network closet and you’ll almost certainly find bundles of blue,…
Basic Operation and Types of Laser Light Sources Used with Optical Fibers
Every time you stream a video, send an email across an ocean, or load a webpage hosted in…
Performance Characteristics of an LED Transmitter
Not every fiber optic link needs the precision and expense of a laser. For many shorter-distance, lower-speed applications,…