If we complete deep comparison of STP and UTP in the characteristics that both of them are sharing, we might find many similarities.
Both types of cable are able to transmit data with great speeds of 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, and 10 Gbps. Throughput can be affected by the cable grade and method used for data transmission.
RJ-45 is being ...
The STP or Shielded Twisted Pair is a twisted pair cable that is additionally insulated by foil or/and braided copper shielding . This additional shielding is able to prevent external electromagnetic signals from affecting the signal traveling over the cable. Other purpose is to help to contain signal inside. The shielding might be grounded for better effect. Effect might be ...
Remember our articles about OSI Interworking Layers, and Physical Layer particularly? So, here's a key element, cornerstone of networks today - twisted pair cable.
Twisted pair, as it is clear from the name is made of pairs of wires that are twisted around each other. Each wire is having its own shell, but also there is an outer shell that is ...
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 ...
Transmission media can and will be affected by the noise coming from inner and outer sources. That is when noise immunity factor kicks in. Since different types of media has greater or smaller affects by the noise it is necessary to choose type of media depending on situation. Noise is affecting data signals, but since fiber-optic does not use electric ...
Network designer require to consider type of media transmission depending on network needs. Different media have different specifications for throughput, cost, noise immunity, size, and scalability.
Throughput
Throughput is one of the main factors for choosing transmission method. While in theory signal can travel with speed of light, in practice it is limited by media physical characteristics and multiplexing techniques. Since the ...
