Understanding Cable Media

Understanding Cable Media
To know when and how to use the different kinds of cable media, you need to understand what users
do
on the corporate network. The way to find this information is to ask questions. After that, you
can use monitoring equipment to really see what is going on inside the network cabling. Before you
deploy an application on a corporate network, carefully consider bandwidth requirements as well
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as latency issues. More and more users need to compete for bandwidth on the network because of
bandwidth-consuming applications. Although layer 2 switches break up collision domains and certainly
help a congested network if correctly designed and installed, you must also understand the different
cable media types available and where to use each type for maximum efficiency. That’s where
this chapter comes in.