Chapter 5: Layer 1 - Media, Connections and Collisions Outline:

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5.1 | Most Common LAN Media

5.1.1 | STP
5.1.2 | UTP
5.1.3 | Coaxial cable
5.1.4 | Optical fiber
5.1.5 | Wireless communication

5.2 | Cable Specification and Termination

5.2.1 | Purpose of LAN media specifications
5.2.2 | TIA/EIA standards
5.2.3 | Explain the details of TIA/EIA-568-A
5.2.4 | Networking media and terminations

5.3 | Making and Testing Cable

5.3.1 | Testing Ethernet 10BASE-T patch cables with a cable tester
5.3.2 | Making and testing Ethernet 10BASE-T straight-thru patch cable
5.3.3 | Making and testing Ethernet 10BASE-T console patch cable
5.3.4 | Making and testing Ethernet 10BASE-T crossover cable
5.3.5 | Features of an advanced cable tester
5.3.6 | Cable identification experiments using an advanced cable tester
5.3.7 | Length experiments using an advanced cable tester

5.4 | Layer 1 Components and Devices

5.4.1 | Ethernet 10BASE-T
5.4.2 | Connectors
5.4.3 | Cabling
5.4.4 | Jacks
5.4.5 | Patch panels
5.4.6 | Transceivers
5.4.7 | Repeaters
5.4.8 | Multiport repeaters (hubs)
5.4.9 | OSI Layer 1 components and devices

5.5 | Collisions and Collision Domains in Shared Layer Environments

5.5.1 | Shared media environment
5.5.2 | Collisions and collision domains
5.5.3 | Signals in a collision
5.5.4 | Collisions as natural functions of shared media environments and collision domains
5.5.5 | Shared access as a collision domain
5.5.6 | Repeaters and collision domains
5.5.7 | Hubs and collision domains
5.5.8 | Hubs and repeaters as causes of collision domains
5.5.9 | The four repeater rule
5.5.10 | Segmenting collision domains

5.6 | Basic Topologies Used in Networking

5.6.1 | Network topologies
5.6.2 | Linear bus network topology
5.6.3 | Ring network topology
5.6.4 | Dual ring network topology
5.6.5 | Star network topology
5.6.6 | Extended star network topology
5.6.7 | Tree network topology
5.6.8 | Irregular network topology
5.6.9 | Complete (mesh) network topology
5.6.10 | Cellular network topology

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