Network Cabling Handbook (Standards & Protocols) [Hardcover]

Chris Clark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 13, 2001 | Series: Standards & Protocols

A network technician's desktop reference containing a complete guide to both copper and fibre network cabling. Features include: a guide to creating cables including diagrams of each connector; category 5e cable installation and termination guidelines; testing and troubleshooting; and coverage of monitoring software, connectivity troubleshooting, and management techniques.

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Master the art of wiring your network

Plan, design, and build the communication network best suited to your company's need with this essential reference. Inside, networking expert Chris Clark takes you through all the stages of wiring up your data system. Updated information on all applicable industry standards and codes makes optimizing your network simple. With complete details on both copper and fiber-optic networks, this guide covers all aspects of horizontal and backbone cabling as well as the creation and construction of support structures. Specifications for testing and troubleshooting guarantee high-speed, error-free communication.

• Select the proper transmission media for the job at hand--UTP, SCTP, STP coaxial cables, or optical fibers
• Design and install horizontal pathways, such as under floor ducts, cellular floors, conduits, ceiling distributions, and cable trays
• Terminate multiple horizontal cables using a multi-user telecommunications outlet assembly (MUTOA)
• Install proper grounding and bonding components, including TMGB, TGB, and TBBIBC
• Build a telecommunications room containing ladder and communication racks, cable-termination hardware, punch-down blocks, patch panels, and TGBs
• Implement a sound firestopping system
• Pull copper horizontal and fiber-optic cable, and handle termination and splicing for both
• Test and certify copper cables using the lineman's test set, toner generator and amplifier unit, multimeter, continuity tester, and certification field tester
• Perform attenuation, bandwidth, length, and fault location testing on fiber-optic cabling systems

About the Author

Chris Clark (Roseville, CA) is the president and founder of Intercontinental Communications and Clark Technology Group (dba Net CBT) located in Roseville, California. Both Intercontinental Communications and Clark Technology Group are consulting, design and training organisations. Chris holds both the RCDD and LAN Specialist credentials from BICSI. He is a licensed California Contractor with a C-7 license for low voltage systems. Chris is also a certified BICSI and Nordex/CDT IBDN instructor and a member of the BICSI Engineering and Methods Committee for Local Area Network and LAN cabling design.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1008 pages
• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill; 1st edition (November 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072132337
• ISBN-13: 978-0072132335
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,703,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I would suggest NOT buying, June 19, 2004

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Min (Cypress, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Network Cabling Handbook (Standards & Protocols) (Hardcover)

Network Cabling Handbook by Chris Clark, this is my opinion: The book does a poor job bringing clarity to the concepts the reader is supposed to be learning. Also, the book has NUMEROUS errors in it. Technical errors/wrong information, spelling errors, switched/incorrect charts and pictures, etc. Example: on page 78 Fig. 3-8. This figure trys to show a TIA/EIA T568B modular outlet configuration, but is is actually T568A. This is just one example of the numerous errors and misinformation I found, and I'm only on Chapter 3! A book with this many errors should have it's own eratta page on the publisher's website. It is a shame that this book is still the primary text used for some beginning Telecommunication and Networking courses.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Find this text excellent for those new to network cabling., May 21, 2003

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Jason Fitzsimmons (Wasilla, Alaska United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Network Cabling Handbook (Standards & Protocols) (Hardcover)

I am a Licenced Journeyman Electrcian an am expanding my skill set to encompass network cabling and eventually become an RCDD. I am curretly taking an inensive 5 day course instructed by Mr. Clark himself and this book is the text for the class. I find the book to be clear , easily read and understood to the novice, yet I would venture to say that any cabling professional of any level would find this book a useful reference in thier work! I find the content complete and well written with many diagrams and photos to help with visualization. I highly recommend this book!