We are all used now to twisted pair and fiber, and not everyone already recalls this time. But believe or not, the first media used for the Ethernet networks was the coaxial cable or coax. It remained as most common media for years, but has been recently replaced by twisted pair and fiber optics in modern LAN solutions. As seen ...
Every type of transmission media requires connectors at the both ends of the wire before it could be connected to the network device. Different media types require different connectors which affect network installation and maintenance costs as well as possibility to add new segments to the network.
Although each media type has specific connector, it is not problematic to have different ...
