What are the main charasteristics of network cables?
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If you go to about.com they have answers and descriptions about almost anything.  Included is a networking section that will definitely have what you need.  I hope that this helps.
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The internet, the Telecommunication Network system, Ur cable network system, and many more.
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Loads of data here...\nFirst, I guess you mean "overhead" cable.\nThe reasons are simple:\n1. The OUTER shell of the cable is made of several strands of ALUMINIUM.  Reasons: 1. Although not the lowest electrical resistance (copper is better), it is much cheaper than copper (ratio 14/4 cheaper). 2. The good conductivity of the outershell allows the "pellicular effect" of the current to flow in an easy manner.  The problem of aluminium is that it cannot support its own weight over long distances and will break.\n2. The CENTER core is made of STEEL.  Reasons: it is cheap and offer high traction resistance.\nSo, Alu for current and Steel for mechanical resistance.
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I think you are referring to ethernet... this is a cat5 cable.\n\nYou will have a jack(hole) on the side or back of the laptop that looks like, but is a hair bigger than a phone chord.\n\nor right click on "my computer" go to properties and click on device manager. You will see all devices there along with any issues you may be having like drivers not being installed.
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Serial ATA.  It has an actual data transfer rate of 1.2 gigabits per second (Gbit/s), or 150 megabytes per second.\n\nMuch better than the standard ATA parallel cables.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA
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There's no single size; it depends on the medium.  On Ethernet, the most common size is about 1500 bytes, because a lot of Ethernet controllers used to have that as a packet size limitation.  If a link somewhere on the path requires a smaller packet size (not likely, these days), the longer packets will be broken down into the acceptable size.\n\nThe minimum size which a computer has to accept to be connected to the Internet is 576 bytes.
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http://www.connectworld.net/shielded-cables.html
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That depends on what you mean by network cable.  Your standard Cat 5 & Cat 6 type twisted pair ethernet cable cannot go that far, only about 330 ft before you would need a switch to extend farther.  To do it in one shot 2000 feet long, without sacrificing bandwidth, you would probably want to go with fiber optic.  There are also some decent wireless solutions that can get you around 27 Mbits and can reach up to 10 miles line of sight.
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Modem\nDSL\nCable\nISDN\nT1\nT3\nWireless\n\nToo many to list actually
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Well since this question is under networking do you mean like Serial, fastethernet, ethernet, BRI, dailer, interfaces?\nthen of course there are different types of serial interfaces and such do you need those because unfortunetly I do not know WAN products that much.\n\nIf you clairfy your question a little bit more I am sure one of will be able to provide the right answer.
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Since you are asking for a lot of information, I will give you a pointer instead of typing it all in.  This should help you quite a bit.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_routers#Types_of_routers\n\nGood luck,\nJeffrey
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Bus topology: \n                            All devices are connected to a central cable, called the bus or backbone. Bus networks are relatively inexpensive and easy to install for small networks. Ethernet systems use a bus topology. This topology uses Co-axial Cables.\n\nRing topology : \n                             All devices are connected to one another in the shape of a closed loop, so that each device is connected directly to two other devices, one on either side of it. Ring topologies are relatively expensive and difficult to install, but they offer high bandwidth and can span large distances. Here if and one system become fails, the total network will get collapsed.\n\nStar topology: \n                            All devices are connected to a central hub. Star networks are relatively easy to install and manage, but bottlenecks can occur because all data must pass through the hub. This topology uses UTP CAT5 cables. Normally this type of network is followed in most places.\n\nFor further information along with pic, visit\nhttp://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/topology.html
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Sure, there are tons of network statistic monitors out there. Go to majorgeeks or tucows to find freeware/shareware ones.
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It depends on the use.  If it is going to be used for LAN, with multimedia interactions, the future network would be fiber.  If u look at the cost factor and flexibility in laying the cable, copper CAT-5 would be a cheaper and optimum solution.  But there may be limitations in multimedia communications.
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Security! \n\nSecurity should be a big part of any presentation concerning wireless connectivity.\n\nAdditionaly you could discuss its uses (RFID, networking, etc...)\nCost\nInfrastructure comparison to wired connectivity\nAccess
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Fiber optics is made of silica. it transmots data at a more faster speed compared to other communiation media and it's also more secured because you can't tap into the network illegally. a single fibre cable can replace a bunch of copper cables. Data in fiber travels at the speed of light. it has two types, the single and the multi mode.
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There are varius kinds of cable ties, cable wraps, cable snakes, they have as many kinds of names as there are products. find some illustrative products here:\nhttp://www.cordorganix.com/intro1.html\nhttp://www.alibaba.com/productsearch/Cable_Organizer.html\n\nget some of these and voila get an organised clean looking computer table. some of these products are kind of permanent, work best if you dont plan to change positions or connections for a longish while\n\nhere are illustrations of what you might be able to achieve\nhttp://www.cable-safe.com/index.htm\nhttp://www.stacksandstacks.com/image/1_80207.JPG