Saturday, September 25, 2010

Ethernet

Ethernet cable is used  used to connect to networks. They connect to computers, printers, hubs, switches, and bridges to transfer information. It can be identified by having 8 nodes at the end and is typically blue or white, but can be any color. The wires inside are twisted in pairs of colors (a solid color and one that twirls with the same color and white) that are colored red orange green and blue. The wires do not have to be in any particular order other than both ends must have the same pattern which has led to some major upgrading problems since every company has its own standard. Most Ethernet communications cannot exceed 10MB, but there are some that reach 10GB and 100GB is now being developed. Ethernet makes up much of the home connections today along with wireless. Fiber-optics is used in the "backbone" of the internet because it has more speed as it uses light instead of electronic pulses to send information, but it is exceptionally more expensive. If you want more information you can look up the IEEE 802 standards.

30 comments:

  1. Cool, they're also called CAT5/CAT6. And why CAT? lol, Good information bro, I hope one of these day you enter to my blog, or I'll gonna be very pissed and I'll stop following you u_u XD

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  2. I haven't had to actually use one of these in a while

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  3. White orange
    orange
    white green
    blue
    white blue
    green
    white brown
    brown.

    ..............I will always remember the dam order of the individual wires of that cable.

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  4. good explanation on ethernet cables, thanks

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  5. Its all about wireless now, but cables still do the job.

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  6. U could even include how u can cable the head .

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  7. Had to move my 360 console out of my room just because the cable was 2 metres too short.

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  8. I used to repair these in my tech class

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  9. I wish they'd roll out the 100gb cables and Google to roll out their ISP.

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  10. I am pretty sure then need to be in order...

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  11. Yet another informative article. I'm enjoying this blog. Too bad it'll probably miss the people who really need it...

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  12. there cat 5 cat 6 and crossover link crossover links can dude HUGE amount of data flow with no bottlenecking i got one hooked up to all pcs for data transfers ov like a gig connection good post

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  13. Actually ^_^ My Ethernet cables can reach about 500MB >.> they're not 10GB but ^^; they're pretty great.

    Can't wait for more computer information! You should do stuff on optimization for games!

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  14. For futureproofing would you recommend Cat5E or Cat6?

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  15. Backbone of the internet huh? Where exactly is this backbone located?

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  16. Interesting, always wondered what exactly those did

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