Network Cabling Handbook - Hardcover

Clark, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0072132337 ISBN 13: 9780072132335

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2001

Synopsis

This is a one-stop guide to both copper and fiber network cabling. Contains detailed coverage of monitoring software, connectivity troubleshooting, and management techniques.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Master the art of wiring your network

Plan, design, and build the communication network best suited to your company's need with this essential reference. Inside, networking expert Chris Clark takes you through all the stages of wiring up your data system. Updated information on all applicable industry standards and codes makes optimizing your network simple. With complete details on both copper and fiber-optic networks, this guide covers all aspects of horizontal and backbone cabling as well as the creation and construction of support structures. Specifications for testing and troubleshooting guarantee high-speed, error-free communication.

• Select the proper transmission media for the job at hand--UTP, SCTP, STP coaxial cables, or optical fibers
• Design and install horizontal pathways, such as under floor ducts, cellular floors, conduits, ceiling distributions, and cable trays
• Terminate multiple horizontal cables using a multi-user telecommunications outlet assembly (MUTOA)
• Install proper grounding and bonding components, including TMGB, TGB, and TBBIBC
• Build a telecommunications room containing ladder and communication racks, cable-termination hardware, punch-down blocks, patch panels, and TGBs
• Implement a sound firestopping system
• Pull copper horizontal and fiber-optic cable, and handle termination and splicing for both
• Test and certify copper cables using the lineman's test set, toner generator and amplifier unit, multimeter, continuity tester, and certification field tester
• Perform attenuation, bandwidth, length, and fault location testing on fiber-optic cabling systems

About the Author

Chris Clark (Roseville, CA) is the president and founder of Intercontinental Communications and Clark Technology Group (dba Net CBT) located in Roseville, California. Both Intercontinental Communications and Clark Technology Group are consulting, design and training organisations. Chris holds both the RCDD and LAN Specialist credentials from BICSI. He is a licensed California Contractor with a C-7 license for low voltage systems. Chris is also a certified BICSI and Nordex/CDT IBDN instructor and a member of the BICSI Engineering and Methods Committee for Local Area Network and LAN cabling design.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0072132337
• ISBN 13: 9780072132335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1008