DC Lab1

CSE 3412
Sessional on Data Communication

Lab#1: Network Devices & Cabling
Sumaya Kazary
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur
Acknowledgement
Thanks to the authors of all the books and online tutorials used in this slide.
Network Devices
❑ Components to connect computers to other devices
together so that they can share files/resources like
printer/Fax.
❑ NIC
❑ Repeater
❑ Hub
❑ Bridge
❑ Switch
❑ Router
NIC (Network Interface Card)
➢ Also called Network Adapter.
➢ It connects a host to a network medium.
➢ It provides the physical interface between
computer and cabling.
➢ It prepares data, sends data, and controls the flow
of data.
➢ It can also receive and translate data into bytes
for the CPU to understand.
➢ Contain unique MAC Address to control data
communication.
Repeater
 Two port device , functioning at PHY Layer
 A repeater is an electronic device that receives a
signal and Regenerates it at a higher level and/or
higher power
◦ so that the signal can cover longer distances.
 It removes Noise from the received signal
◦ then regenerates the original bit pattern/signal
◦ then sends the refreshed signal.
 No Filtering of signal
◦ Broadcast the regenerated signal to all ports.
Hub
 It is basically a MULTI-port Repeater
 Functioning at PHY Layer
 A hub connects multiple wires coming from
different branches
 No Filtering of signal
◦ Broadcast the regenerated signal to all ports.
Active Hub
 These are the hubs that have their own power
supply
 It serves both as a repeater as well as a wiring
centre.
 Can clean, boost, and relay the signal along with
the network.
 These are used to extend the maximum distance
between nodes.
Passive Hub
 These are the hubs that collect wiring from
nodes
 No own Power Supply
◦ Power supply from the active hub.
 These hubs relay signals onto the network
without cleaning and boosting them
 Can’t be used to extend the distance between
nodes.
Intelligent Hub
 It works like active hubs
 Includes remote management capabilities.
 They also provide flexible data rates to network
devices.
 It also enables an administrator to monitor the
traffic passing through the hub and to configure
each port in the hub.
Bridge
 A bridge operates at the DLL (Layer 2 of the OSI model)
 Bridges connects two or more different LANs that has a
similar protocol and provides communication between the
devices (nodes) in them.
 Filtering of traffic : On the basis of MAC Address
 On receiving a Data Frame, the bridge consults a database
(MAC Table) to decide whether to pass, transmit or discard
the frame.
◦ If the frame has a destination MAC address in the same
network, the bridge passes the frame to that node and
then discards it.
◦ If the frame has a destination MAC address in a
connected network, it will forward the frame toward it.
Bridge
Switch
 A Switch operates at the DLL (Layer 2 of the OSI
model)
 It is an intelligent network device that can be
conceived as a multiport network bridge.
 Bridges connects two or more different LANs that has
a different protocol and provides communication
between the devices (nodes) in them
 It uses MAC addresses to send data packets to selected
destination ports.
 Filtering of traffic : On the basis of MAC Address
Router
 A Router operates at the NWL (Layer 3 of the OSI model)
 A router is a device that routes data packets based on their
IP addresses.
 It connects different networks together and sends data
packets from one network to another.
 Routers have a dynamically updating routing table based
on which they make decisions on routing the data packets
 In order to prepare or refresh the routing table, routers
share information among each other
 Routers are more expensive than other networking devices
like hubs, bridges and switches.
Network Cabling
Making connections with Cat5
Common network cable types
 Coaxial cable
 Unshielded
twisted pair
 Fiber optic
UTP characteristics
 Unshielded
 Twisted (why?) pairs of insulated conductors
 Covered by insulating sheath
UTP categories
Category 1 Voice only (Telephone)
Category 2 Data to 4 Mbps (Localtalk)
Category 3 Data to 10Mbps (Ethernet)
Category 4 Data to 20Mbps (Token ring)

Data to 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet)
Category 5
Data to 1000Mbps (Gigabit
Category 5e
Ethernet)
Data to 2500Mbps (Gigabit
Category 6
Ethernet)
RJ45 connector
Step 1 – Strip cable end
 Strip 1 – 1½” of insulating sheath

 Avoid cutting into conductor insulation
Step 2 – Untwist wire ends
 Sort wires by insulation colors

Step 3 – Arrange wires
 TIA/EIA 568B: OW-O GW-Bl BlW-G BrW-Br

Step 4 – Trim wires to size
 Trim all wires evenly

 Leave about ½” of wires exposed
Step 5 – Attach connector
 Maintain wire order,

 left-to-right,
 with RJ45 tab facing
downward
Step 6 - Check
 Do all wires extend to end?

 Is sheath well inside connector?
Step 7 - Crimp
 Squeeze firmly to crimp connecter

onto cable end
Step 8 – Test
 Does the cable work?

Cabling Variations
 Straight Through Cable
 Cross Over Cable
 Rollover /Management/Console Cable

Straight Through Cable
 Straight-through cables are mainly used for connecting
different types of devices, e.g., PC-switch, Hub-PC etc
 Pin 1 connector A goes to Pin 1 on connector B, Pin 2 to Pin 2, etc.
Straight-Through wired cables are most commonly used to connect
a host to a client.
 Diagram shows how to prepare Straight Through Connection
Cross Over Cable
 Crossover cables are mostly used for connecting similar
devices. e.g PC-PC, Switch-switch, Route-Router, PC-
Router
 Crossover cable, Pin 1 is crossed with Pin 3, and Pin 2 is
crossed with Pin 6
 Diagram shows how to prepare Cross Over Connection
Rollover /Management/Console Cable
 Rollover cables, have opposite Pin assignments on each
end of the cable or, in other words, it is "rolled over.“
 Pin 1 of connector A would be connected to Pin 8 of
connector B. Pin 2 of connector A would be connected to
Pin 7 of connector B and so on.
 Rollover cables, sometimes referred to as console cables
are most commonly used to connect to a device's console
port to make programming changes to the device.
 Rollover cables are not intended to carry data but instead
create an interface with the device.
 Diagram in the next slide shows how to prepare Cross
Over Connection
Rollover /Management/Console Cable
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CSE 3412

Sessional on Data Communication

Category 2 Data to 4 Mbps (Localtalk)

Category 3 Data to 10Mbps (Ethernet)

Category 4 Data to 20Mbps (Token ring)

 Strip 1 – 1½” of insulating sheath

 Sort wires by insulation colors

 TIA/EIA 568B: OW-O GW-Bl BlW-G BrW-Br

 Trim all wires evenly

 Maintain wire order,

 Do all wires extend to end?

 Squeeze firmly to crimp connecter

 Does the cable work?

 Straight Through Cable

 Cross Over Cable

 Rollover /Management/Console Cable

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