FIBER OPTICS CABLE

FIBER OPTIC CABLE

In Fiber Optics a technology that uses glass or plastic threads (Fiber) to transmit data. A Fiber cable consist of a bundle of glass threads, each of them is capable of transmitting messages modulates onto light waves.

As shown in the pencil diagram the cable is protected by the outer jacket it protect cable from outer problems. Coating is here to protect the core part of the cable, the core is responsible to data transfer

and receive. The data exchange is done by light in this cable.                                                               

This cable has much greater bandwidth as compare to metal cables, also carry more data then metal cable, much thinner and lighter. Data can be transmitted digitally in this cable                                    

The main disadvantage of fiber optic cable is that cable are expensive to install. In addition they are more fragile then wire and are difficult to splice.                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                            

COAXIAL CABLE

There are many cables used in any network for communication. First of all we will take a look at Coaxial cable.
Coaxial cable is a kind of copper cable used by the cable TV companies between the community antina and user's home. This cable was invented in 1880 and invented by Oliver Heaviside.

As you can see in the diagram the cable is protected by Plastic jacket. Also Dielectric insulator is used here for protecting the inner interference and the electric signals travel through the central core, means the data is exchanged by the central core.

Coaxial Cable is of Two Types
Thin Net Coaxial Cable & Thick Net Coaxial Cable 

Thin Net Coaxial Cable :- The copper wire is Thin as the name says and the wire has less diameter. The range of this wire is 185 Meter, 10 base 2 , means 200 meter long and have 10 Mbps speed.

Thick Net Coaxial Cable:- This wire is Thick and having more diameter then upper discussed cable. This cable is known as 10 base 5 cable ( 500 meter long and 10 Mbps speed) 

HYBRID TOPOLOGY

Hybrid Topology:- The Hybrid topology is nothing it is the combination of two or more topology.

This is the mixture of two topology.

MESH TOPOLOGY

MESH TOPOLOGY                                                                                                                                

Mesh Topology:- As the diagram shows every node is connected to each other and the cable use to connect these nodes is Twisted pair cable. Communication can be slow in this kind of topology, because no such device or technology is used in this network so that can manage the communication channel. According to the design of this topology we can say this is expensive. 

STAR TOPOLOGY

Star topology :- A star topology is designed with each node directly connected to the central device that can be a Switch or could a Hub.

This topology is very easy to install as you can see in the diagram, also easy to detect fault.      

This kind network topology require more wire then Bus topology.                                              

Here is a drawback of this topology is that if the central device stop working by any reason     

than the whole network will stop. This network topology is more expensive than Bus topology.

RING TOPOLOGY

RING TOPOLOGY :- This topology is like ring like design,

In this topology communication takes place through token ring. The token ring can be clock wise or anticlockwise. In this topology we use two token ring primary and secondary, one will be clockwise and other will be anticlockwise. The connecting medium is used here twisted pair cable. 

NETWORK TOPOLOGIES

Topologies means any kind of designs that how we made our design understandable to the user or the people who want to understand our design of anything. Same thing is happening here in the IT world, there are many kind of network topologies.

    BUS TOPOLOGY :-

TERMINATOR:- In bus network topology terminator are used to absorb the signals.

BNC:- Bayonet Neill–Concelman, this connector is used to quick connect or disconnect radio frequency in coaxial cable. 

BACKBONE CABLE:- The central cable is called the backbone cable. 

This topology is very easy to install and also easy for foult finding. If the backbone cable get breaked than whole the network will stop. This is the main disadvantage of this network.