ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Education
Echague, Isabela

MODULE 2: BROADBAND INSTALLATIONS

LO 7. ASSES SUPPORT STRUCTURE AS SAFE FOR NORMAL WORKING

CONDITIONS AND SOUND FOR CABLE SUPPORT

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. Identify the Electrical safety practices and work safety requirements;
b. Analyze the difference and uses of Straight through and Crossover cable;
c. Identify the network diagram and symbols.

A. ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRACTICES

1. Prevent all potential contact with live electrical current.
2. De-energize Equipment and use lockout/Tagout.
3. Ensure safe use of Electrical equipment.
4. Install proper physical barriers around Electrical hazards.
5. Beware of conductive tools and cleaning materials.
6. When working overhead, look above for electrical lines.
7. Use Extreme caution with flammable materials
8. Only qualified personnel should work on live electrical wires.
9. Always follow your company’s Electrical Safety Work Practices.

B. WORK SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

1. Preventing workplace incidents is everyone’s job, and your personal safety is your
responsibility.
2. Dress appropriately, from clothing to footwear.
3. Keep work areas neat and tidy.
4. Follow the rules.
5. Report workplace accidents or safety incidents.
6. Know and follow emergency procedures.
7. Don’t operate tools or machinery that you haven’t been trained for.
8. 10. Take breaks appropriately.

C. MAP READING AND IDENTIFICATIONS OF NETWORK

SYMBOLS AND DIAGRAMS
What Are Network Diagram Symbols and Icons

The network diagram represents devices, components of a network and their interrelation. It
uses network diagram symbols to make everything easy to understand. As you know,
depicting computer connection gets more complex as it moves on, and it becomes nearly
impossible to represent telecommunication networks.

Basic Network Diagram Symbols

A NETWORK DIAGRAM illustrates all components of a network. It showcases the flow of

information in the network. It uses network symbols to represent communication between
various devices and ongoing processes. It also includes many other elements like network
segments, traffic flow and routing protocols to make things clear.

Please take a look below to learn and understand the basic network diagram symbols and their
uses.
Wireless access point symbol : A box with an antenna represents the wireless access point
symbol. It shows the connection of a wireless network to a cabled network.

Ethernet symbol: Ethernet symbol depicts as three boxes linking to a single line. It represents
an Ethernet connection between devices. It shows software layers on the basics of IEE 802
standards.

End node icon: The end node serves as an indication for a specific component within a
network. That component has its functions in the network.

Generic logical collection icon: It is used to depict a generic logical collection between
devices in a network.

Location icon: It functions as a pointer to locate a geographical location in the network.

Region icon: A region icon points to a specific geographical region for the network diagram.

Probe icon: It represents the network analyzer to probe and monitor the network traffic to
locate any slow-down in the network traffic.

RAN router icon: Radio area network or RAN router icon depicts a device used as a radio
area network router which contains three parts, RRU, BBU and an antenna.

RAN switch icon: RAN switch icon represents radio area network switch devices in the
network diagram.

Switch: The Switch icon depicts the devices used for package switching to connect two
devices by creating traffic.

ATM Switch: Asynchronous transfer mode switch represents the network communication in
which data is turned and shared in small fixed-sized packets in specific time frames.

Server: The server icon represents the server that shares resources to other devices and
servers in a network.

File Server: A file server icon depicts the computer that shares files to connected devices with
LAN networking.

Communication server: The communication server icon represents a system platform that
runs communication applications in the network.

Database: A database icon represents the shared storage between all devices in a network
connection.

Mainframe: This icon depicts a high-performance computer or a mainframe device used to

perform a function that needs better security, availability and higher processing speed.

Router: A router icon represents a router in a network. It is used as a switching device to route
network and data to a specific address.
Subnet icon: The subnet icon portrays a subnetwork of a specific IP.

Firewall: A firewall icon represents the network system used to monitor incoming and outgoing
traffic.

Cloud: Cloud represents the dividing point between the network source and the responsibilities
of the user.

D. PROPER HANDLING AND INSTALLATION OF CAT5e SCABLES

Structure of Cat5e Cable

Cat5e uses four twisted pairs for transmission in each cable. The following picture shows the
structure of the Cat5e cable. The termination of Cat5e Ethernet cable should use RJ45
connectors. As there are four pairs of copper wires inside a length of Cat5e cable, the cable pin
outs should be carefully managed. For Cat5e, there are two commonly used methods for
termination: straight-through and Crossover.

Cat5e Wiring Diagram and Methods

Each pair of copper wires in the Cat5e has insulation with a specific color for easier
identification. Cat5e wiring should follow the standard color code.

For the straight-through wiring method, there are two standards recognized by ANSI, TIA and
EIA: T568A and T568B. Both of them can be used. However, the T568B is considered better
than T568A wiring standard. The following picture shows, the wiring diagram of the two
standards.
The following shows the process of how to terminate the Ethernet cable:

Step 1, cut the cable to proper length and use the wire stripper to remove the outer jacket.

Step 2, untwist wires and trim the excess part. Flatten the wires out as much as possible,
because they need to be very straight for proper insertion into the connector.

Step 3, hold the cable ends and place the wires in orders from left to right according to T568A
or T568B wire scheme.

Step 4, insert the wires into the RJ45 connector. The wires must be sequenced in the same
order of step 3.

Step 5, use the crimping tool to squeeze the plug. This ensures the firm connection between
the cable and the plug.

Step 6, repeat the process on the opposite end and test the terminated cable to make sure
communications between cable ends and the network is correct.

MALAB, MONINA RAISSA

MADRIAGA, CYRILLE MAE