Types Of Network Cables.

 Types of network cables:

There are many types of cables available for networking. Here we are going to discuss six different types of cables:                                                      

Coaxial Cables for Connecting television sets.

1. Coaxial cables: This cable was invented at the late 1880s, which is used to connect the television sets to home antennas. This link is utilized to move the data in 10 Mbps. The cable is separated into thinnet and thicknet links. These cables have a copper wire to provide protection to the cable. These cables are very difficult to install and maintain because they are too big to carry and replace. The coaxial link got its name by "coax". Nowadays coaxial cables have also used the television is connected using the coaxial cable only. Some of the cable, Amazon basics CL2-Rated Coaxial cables, etc.

                                                   

Twisted Pair Cables.

                                        

2.Twisted pair cable: It is a type of cable with two or more insulated wires twisted together. It started with a speed of 10Mbps (10 BASE-T cables is used) Then the cable was improved and the speed was higher and went to 100 Mbps and the cable was renamed as 100BASE-TX. Then finally the cable was improved to 10 Gbps and named as 10GBASE-T. This twisted cable has 8 wire which is twisted to ignore electromagnetically interference. The eight wires cannot be placed in a single unit as there can be difficulty in space, so it is twisted to make it one wire. There are two sorts of curved pair links, unshielded Twisted pair (UTP) and Shielded Twisted pair (STP). The UTP is used nowadays as modern cables for internet and they are lower in cost and installation and maintenance is easy compared to the coaxial cables. STP is similar to UTP, but it is covered by an additional jacket to protect the wires from External interference.       

                                                                      

Fiber optic cable with 4 cores combined with one cable.

3.fiber optical: This cable is different from the other two cables. The other two cables had an insulating material outside and the conducting material like copper inside. But in this cable, it is strands of glass and pulse of light is used to send the information. They are mainly used in Wide Area Network (WAN). The WAN is a network that extends to a very large distance to connect the computers. One example of WAN is the internet. These cables are placed in the deep underground to avoid any damage to the cables. The optic cable utilizes light to communicate the data starting with one spot then onto the next. There are two sorts of fiber optic cables available, one is single-mind-set (100BaseBx) another is multimode (100BaseSX). single-mode cables are used for long-distance transmission and at a high cost whereas the multimode cables are used for short-distance transmission at a very low cost. Optic cables are easy to maintain and install.                                               

              

The USB Cables and USB dongle connected to a laptop.

4. USB Cables: The universal serial Bus is used to connect keyboard, mouse and other peripheral devices. But there are some special network devices used to connect the Internet through the USB called dongles. The dongle is a small peripheral device which has a compatible of mobile broadband with a slim slot in it and connects the Internet and acts as a modern to the computer.                                                   

          

The Serial Cable at the left and Parallel Cable at the right.

5.Serial and Parallel cables: Earlier in the 1980s to 1990s the Ethernet and the USB were not developed. Then the serial and parallel interface cables were used to connect the Internet to the system. They were sometimes used for PC to PC networking. Before the USB emerged, the system will have both a serial port and parallel port. The serial port will send 1 piece at once while the equal port will send 8 pieces at once. The equal serial is utilized to associate with the printer and other disk drivers. RS232 is one type of serial cable, also known as null modern cable.

                                                                  

The Ethernet Cables.

6. Ethernet Cables: Ethernet cable is the most widely recognized sort of system link predominantly utilized for interfacing the PCs or gadgets at home or office. The cable connects wired devices within the local area network (LAN) for sharing the resources and accessing the Internet.

The Crossover Ethernet cable is a case of the invalid modem Cables. This cable is utilized to join two PCs or two system gadgets of a similar sort. This cable is the complex Ethernet cable used to interface the web to the framework. This cable works at a speed of 10 Gbps and then more. The Ethernet crossover cable is indistinguishable on both the ends. These days Routers are being associated through the crossover cable to give remote system from the nearby system.