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What is structured wiring?
What is Cat5 cable

What is Cat6 cable?

How to wire Cat5 cabling.

What is Metro Ethernet? (EOC- Ethernet Over Copper)

One of the new technical terms to describe the cabling necessary to allow integration of audio, video, data and voice throughout the home.

Beware of contractors that will advertise "cat5 wiring" who are simply using a single cat5 to connect all locations. This type of wiring, although it may be "cat5" will not enable the features of true structured wiring. True structured wiring requires multiple cables and the knowledge to terminate and interconnect these wires to produce the desired results.

Structured wiring incorporates two category 5 cables and two RG6 cables in each room of the home. One category 5 is for telephone and one for computer networking. The RG6 is used to distribute video in both directions, in or out of the room. All wiring is routed back to a hub panel, where connections are made to each room.

Additional wiring can be used to provide audio and infrared capability in each room. This cabling consisting of a 4/16 or 4/14 cable to carry audio to wall speakers in each room and a category 3 cable to provide infrared to change CDs or radio stations and volume.

This combination of wires enables any combination of technology to be routed in or out of any room in the house. Having all wires labeled and available in a hub, makes changing the configuration very easy and convenient.

To complete the recipe of wires, add one category 3 to a location for a motion sensor and an RG59 with 22/4 shielded cable for cameras.

This makes it possible to program an automation system to control lighting, heating, A/C and security.

Whenever you enter a room, the light will go on if it is after sunset, and shut off 10 minutes after you leave.
Children can be monitored on any TV in the house.
CD music or radio tuner can be listened to in any room with volume control and selection capability from any room.
Pick up any telephone to:

Change the thermostat setting
Answer or unlock the door
Shut off any individual light or all the lights in the house
Open or close the blinds

Announce the presence and light the way for a visitor as they enter the driveway
Automatically turn the heat down when no one is in the house and raise it back when you arrive
Call ahead and turn the heat up or down
Unlock your door from the office for a contractor
Be paged when a child returns home from school
Automatically record activity around the house when the alarm is armed
Announce the delivery of mail
Access files on any computer from any other computer in the house
Connect to the internet from any room in the house
Listen to different music in each room
Shut off all of the lights in the house with one button
Give the house a lived in look when not at home

10BaseT Ethernet:
  The most popular method of connecting computers
  to each other in the home and office.  Data
  travels at 10 Mega-bits per second (and there
  are 8 bits per byte, so 10Mb = 1.25 Mega Bytes/s).
  The RJ-45 Plug at each end is like a phone jack, 
  but wider.  The wire used is (generally) Cat-3 or
  Cat-5.  If you are running a 10BaseT network,
  Cat-3 wire is cheaper and works fine.  If you
  have 100BaseT ethernet cards installed, Cat-5 wire
  is better.  These wires have pairs of wires
  twisted together to reduce inductance, resistance,
  etc.

Straight-through:
  CRIMP 1 on both ends.
  Used to hook computers to Hubs.

Cross-Over:
  CRIMP 1  on one end and CRIMP 2 on the other.
  Used to hook one hub into another hub.
  Also used to directly connect two computers.

Tool:
  You need a crimping tool which is made for 
  crimping RJ-45 jacks.  Usually, you can find
  one that can does RJ-11 and RJ-22 as well.  
  RJ-11 is the jack size for your telephone.
  RJ-22 is the phone to headset wire.
  RJ-45 = 8 wires (10 wide, only 8 used)
  RJ-11 = 6 wire jack (with only 4 used)
  RJ-22 = 4 wire jack

Cat3 is okay for 10BaseT 
  adequate for networks with up to several dozen computers sharing a DSL line
  This wire is cheaper that cat5 wire

What is CAt6 cable?

Definition: CAT6 is an Ethernet cable standard defined by the Electronic Industries Association and Telecommunications Industry Association (commonly known as EIA/TIA). CAT6 is the 6^th generation of twisted pair Ethernet cabling.

CAT6 cable contains four pairs of copper wire and unlike CAT5, utilizes all four pairs. CAT6 supports Gigabit (1000 Mbps) Ethernet and supports communications at more than twice the speed of CAT5e, the other popular standard for Gigabit Ethernet cabling.

As with all other types of twisted pair EIA/TIA cabling, CAT6 cable runs are limited to a maximum recommended run rate of 100m (328 feet).

Twisted pair cable like CAT6 comes in two main varieties, solid and stranded. Solid CAT6 cable supports longer runs and works best in fixed wiring configurations like office buildings. Stranded CAT6 cable, on the other hand, is more pliable and better suited for shorter-distance, movable cabling such as "patch" cables.

CAT6 comes at a significantly higher price tag than CAT5 or CAT5e, and today's applications simply can't take advantage of CAT6's better performance. However, if wiring a home or building for the long term, one may still consider using CAT6.

What is cat 5 wiring?

Title: HowTo WireCAT5

Description

Here are the steps to wire CAT5 Patch Cables – for most installations use Standard Patch Cable A.

Steps

1) Strip the cable jacket back about 3/4 of an inch from the end of the cable

2) Sort the pairs so they fit into the connector in the order shown on the diagrams below

3) Insert the pairs into the connector

4) Crimp the pins with a crimp tool

5) Repeat for other end and test cable

*Use stranded wire for category 5 patch cable
**DO NOT UNTWIST ANY PAIR MORE THAN 1/2 INCH

Standard Patch Cable A
EIA/TIA 568A Color Scheme

#	COLOR
1	White-Green	Ethernet
2	Green	Ethernet
3	White-Orange	Ethernet
4	Blue	Unused
5	White-Blue	Unused
6	Orange	Ethernet
7	White-Brown	Unused
8	Brown	Unused

Crossed Patch Cable
(connects 2 PC's without a hub)

	COLOR
1	White-Green
2	Green
3	White-Orange
4	Blue
5	White-Blue
6	Orange
7	White-Brown
8	Brown

Here is an excerpt from csp.com:
CAT3:
Intended for older network traffic and phone systems where the frequency performance is less important. Commonly, CAT3 cable is used in older 10BaseT and Token Ring network infrastructures, and for telephone premise wiring.

CAT5:
Ratified standard for unshielded twisted pair. Handles voice or data at 100MHz over 22 or 24 AWG wire. Used for high-speed twisted-pair networks such as 100 base-TX, fast ethernet.

CAT5e:
More stringent specifications than CAT5. CAT5e has a higher rating, 350Mhz vs 100Mhz for CAT 5...it also provides better performance. Cable manufacturers have improved the cabling, connectors and patch cords of regular CAT5 to provide an improved attentuation-to-crosstalk ratio (ACR), and to meet or exceed all the parameters of the CAT5e standards approved by the Electronic Industries Association/Telecommunications Industry Association (EIA/Telecommunications Industry Association) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Metro Ethernet

Metropolitan ethernet (also called ethernet over fiber, gigabit-ethernet, or metropolitan optical ethernet) provides blazing speeds, low latency, and massive scalability - all in an easy-to-manage ethernet format. Metro ethernet is the ideal Internet connection for medium to large businesses with high bandwidth needs.

Net Star provides ethernet services in most major metropolitan markets across Texas. for a no-obligation quote.

Redundant tier-1 Internet connections

BGP routing available

24x7x365 Network Operations Center

Expert consulting available

100% SLA

Low latency

Rapid scalability

Flexible contracts

Is metro ethernet right for me?

If you have any of these business needs, you're a great candidate for ethernet over fiber:

My bandwidth bursts to 5Mbps or more
I run VoIP/voice over my network
My bandwidth needs are growing fast
I run large nightly backups

What does it cost?

You can get a 5Mbps connection starting at $1000 per month.

How reliable is it?

This is the most reliable connection available in the industry. 100% uptime service level agreements are available on all ethernet connections.

How fast is it?

Speeds are configurable from 5Mbps to gigabit ethernet speeds - 1000Mbps. At full throttle, your connection can transfer a 1G file in a little over 8 seconds. Latency averages less than 2 milliseconds.

What's the difference between metro ethernet, gigabit ethernet and fiber?

Metro ethernet (also called Metropolitan Optical Ethernet - MOE) is gigabit-ethernet (1000Mbs) delivered long distances over fiber. Net Star can also provide equivalent speeds.

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