Installing a Physical Network

Installing a Physical Network

1. TIA/EIA standards

2. single horizontal cable - run

   • Solid core 90m

3. Telecomms room

   • Several IDFs
   • 110 block on patch panel
   • 66 block phones

4. Demarc

   • NIU
     • Smart jacks - ISP test and loop back
     • Goes into a powerful switch - Demarc extension
       • patch panel - Vertical Cross Connect

5. 1 MDF

6. Cable testers

   • Fiber
     • OTDR
       • Continuity and where a break is located
   • UTP
     • Cheap
       • Continuity Tester
         • Wiremap as well
       • Multimeter
     • Middle
       • TDR
         • Length, break point
     • Expensive
       • Cable Certifiers
         • NEXT
           • FEXT

7. Bonding/Link Aggregation

   • Multiple NICs 1 PC
     • LACP

8. Toner

   • Tone Generator
   • Toner Probe