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Network Cable Preparation and File Device Sharing

21CSP-102
Network
• A system of roads, railway lines, nerves, etc. that are connected to
each other is a network
• A group of people or companies that work closely together is also a
network.
• “A network consists of two or more computers that are linked in
order to share resources (such as printers and CDs), exchange files, or
allow electronic communications. The computers on a network may
be linked through cables, telephone lines, radio waves, satellites, or
infrared light beams”.
Network Devices:
• Repeater – A repeater operates at
the physical layer.
• Its job is to regenerate the signal
over the same network before the
signal becomes too weak or
corrupted so as to extend the
length to which the signal can be
transmitted over the same network.
• An important point to be noted
about repeaters is that they do not
Fig 1.Network Devices
amplify the signal.
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HUB
• A hub is basically a multiport repeater. 
• A hub connects multiple wires coming
from different branches, for example,
the connector in star topology which
connects different stations.
• Hubs cannot filter data, so data packets
are sent to all connected devices. 
• Hubs have fewer number of ports 4/12.
• There are 3 Types of Hubs:
• Active Hubs Fig 2. Hub
• Passive Hubs
• Intelligent Hubs
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Bridge
• A bridge operates at the data link
layer.
• A bridge is a repeater, with add on the
functionality of filtering content by
reading the MAC addresses of source
and destination.
• It is also used for interconnecting two
LANs working on the same protocol.
• It has a single input and single output Fig 3. Bridge
port, thus making it a 2 port device.

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SWITCH
• A switch is a multiport bridge with a buffer
and a design that can boost its efficiency(a
large number of ports imply less traffic) and
performance.
• A switch is a data link layer device. 
• The switch can perform error checking
before forwarding data, which makes it very
efficient as it does not forward packets that
have errors and forward good packets
selectively to the correct port only.
Fig 4. Switch
• They are intelligent devices.
• Number of ports are higher as compared to
Hubs. 24/48 ports in a switch. 
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Router
• A router is a device like a switch that
routes data packets based on their IP
addresses.
• The router is mainly a Network Layer
device.
• Routers normally connect LANs and
WANs together and have a dynamically
updating routing table based on which
they make decisions on routing the data
packets.
• It works on logical address. Fig 5. Router
• It joins minimum two networks.
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Types of Network
• There are generally 3 types of networks:
• LAN
• Local Area Network
• MAN
• Metropolitan Area Network
• WAN
• Wide Area Network
LAN
• It is used inside an university campus, office premises, house hold etc.
• Its range is from 100 meter to 1000 meter.
• Transmission speed of LAN is high up to 10/100/1000 Mbps.
• Design of LAN and Maintenance is easy.
• Fault tolerance is more as compared to MAN and WAN.
• Ownership of LAN is private.
MAN
• MAN are the part of the telephone company network that can
provide a high-speed DSL line to the customer or the cable
TV network in a city.
• Its range is 100 km.
• The data transmission speed can be up to 100 Mbps.
• MAN’s design and maintenance is difficult than LAN.
• There is less fault tolerance.
• Ownership can be public or private.
WAN
• WAN is used between countries.
• Its range is above 100 KM.
• Data Transmission speed can be up to 10/20 Mbps.
• WAN’s design and maintenance is also difficult than LAN as well MAN.
• There is also less fault tolerance.
• WAN might not be owned by one organization.
Transmission Media
• The medium which is used for data transmission.
• Network cables are used for data transmission.
• There are several types of network cables.
• The transmission media also known as guided media:
• Twisted Pair Cable
• Coaxial Cable
• Optical Fiber Cable
Twisted Pair Cable
• It consists of 2 separately
insulated conductor wires
wound about each other.
• Generally, several such pairs are
bundled together in a protective
sheath.
• They are the most widely used
Transmission Media.
Fig 6. Network Cable

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Co-axial Cable
• It has an outer plastic covering
containing 2 parallel conductors each
having a separate insulated protection
cover.
• The coaxial cable transmits
information in two modes: Baseband
mode(dedicated cable bandwidth)
and Broadband mode(cable
bandwidth is split into separate Fig 7. Co-axial Cable
ranges).
• Cable TVs and analog television
networks widely use Coaxial cables. 
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Optical Fiber Cable
• It uses the concept of reflection
of light through a core made up
of glass or plastic.
• The core is surrounded by a less
dense glass or plastic covering
called the cladding.
• It is used for the transmission of Fig 8. Optical Fiber Cable
large volumes of data. 

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Network Cable Preparation
• Cat5e or Cat 6 Cable is required
to prepare network cable.
• RJ-45 connector is required.
• The two standards for wiring
Ethernet cables are T568A and
T568B.
• T568B is the most common and
is what we'll be using for our
straight Ethernet cable. Table 1. T568A Standard
Network Cable Preparation
• These are the Color codes of the
wires inside the Cat5e and Cat6
Cable.
• This the most common standard
followed to prepare a network
cable.

Table 2. T568B Standard

RJ-45 Connector
• RJ-45 Connector/Ethernet
Connector.
• Used for connecting the cable to
the port.
Network Cable Preparation Tools Required
• Pick a Cat5e cable and an RJ-45
Connector.
• Crimping Tool will be required to
punch the cable.
• There are 8 Pins available in RJ-
45 Connector.
• The Cable also has 8 wires into it.
Fig 9. Material Required
• This cable has 8 small cables into
it with different color codes.
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Network Cable Preparation Tools Required
• These color codes allows us to prepare Straight-through cable and
Cross over cable.
• There are 8 pins in RJ-45 Connector.
• Each cable is punched into the 8 pins in the connector.
Straight Through Cable
• Step-1
• Uncover the upper Sheath of the
cable
• Step-2
• Untwist the wire pairs and align
them in T568B form.

Fig 10. Network Cable

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Straight Through Cable Preparation
• Step 3
• Cut the wires straight so that each
cable is equal.
• Step 4
• Insert the wires in the connector
according to the table discussed.
• Step 5
• Push the connector inside the
crimping tool and squeeze the
crimper all the way down.
Fig 11. RJ 45 and Crimping Tool
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Steps to Prepare the Patch/Straight Through
Cable
• Follow the approach for Preparing Patch/ Straight Through Cable
• Pin 1 in RJ-45 connector will be punched in with White/Orange Cable.
• Pin 2 will be punched in with Orange Cable.
• Pin 3 will be punched in with White/Green cable.
• Pin 4 will be punched in with Blue cable.
• Pin 5 will be punched in with White/Blue cable.
• Pin 6 will be punched in with Green cable.
• Pin 7 will be punched in with White/Brown cable.
• Pin 8 will be punched in with Brown cable.
• Both Side of the connector will have the same standard either T568A or T568B.
Patch/Straight Cable Wiring Scheme
• Pin 1 in RJ-45 connector will be punched in with
White/Orange Cable.
• Pin 2 will be punched in with Orange Cable.
• Pin 3 will be punched in with White/Green cable.
• Pin 4 will be punched in with Blue cable.
• Pin 5 will be punched in with White/Blue cable.
• Pin 6 will be punched in with Green cable.
• Pin 7 will be punched in with White/Brown cable.
• Pin 8 will be punched in with Brown cable.
• Both Side of the connector will have the same
standard either T568A or T568B.
• Two different devices use this type of cable for
connection . Fig 12. Connections Sequence
• For eg Router to computer, switch to computer.
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Cross Over Cable
• Pin1 and Pin 3 will get connected through
orange/white wire.
• Pin2 and Pin 6 with solid orange.
• Pin3 and Pin1 white/green.
• Pin4 and Pin4 solid blue.
• Pin 5 and Pin 5 white/blue.
• Pin6 and Pin 2 solid green.
• Pin 7 and Pin 7 white/brown.
• Pin 8 and Pin 8 solid brown.
• Two similar devices for eg two computers or Fig 13. Connections Crossover Sequence
two switches are connected using crossover
cables.
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Video Link
• Watch this video for cable preparation

• Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvP0D0jiyLg

File Sharing
• Steps to Share a File:
• Right click on the folder to be shared.
• Go to Properties.
• Go to Sharing Tab
• Click on Share.
• Select Everyone from the drop down list.
• Select Read/Write in the permission level.
• Click on Share.
• Click on Done.
• Your File is shared on the same network.
Fig 14. File Share
File Sharing
• Click on Sharing Tab.
• Click on Share button.
• Click ok.

Fig 15. File Share

File Sharing
• Select Everyone from the drop
down list.
• Select Read/Write in the
permission level.
• Click on Share.

Fig 16. File Share Network

File Sharing
• Click on Done.
• Your File is shared.

Fig 17. File Share Network

Sharing a Printer on Network
• Steps to Share a Printer:
• Go to Control Panel
• Open Printers and Scanners.
• Single left click on Printer which is
to be shared on network.
• Click on Manage to open the
settings.
• Click OK printer will be shared on
the network with the Home
Group.
Fig 18. File Share Network
Printer Sharing
• Press Window key + R on the
keyboard.
• Write in the IP Address of the
machine which has shared the
printer.

Fig 19. File Share Network

Printer Sharing
• You should also know the
username and password of the
source machine.
• Write the IP address of the
source machine
• Write the address similarly it is
written, it is sensitive any
deviation would not allow the
access to the source machine. Fig 20. File Share Network

• After Clicking OK
Printer Sharing
• Username and password
window will pop up
• Fill the username and password
• Click OK
• Printer will be visible as shown in
the image.

Fig 21. File Share Network

Video Link
• Watch this video

• Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg1soEWNcFg

References
• www.cnet.com
• www.community.fs.com
• www.geeksforgeeks.com
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