Installing a Physical Network

Structured Cable #

Network Components #

  1. Physical Star

    1. Telecommunications Room
    2. Horizontal Cabling
    3. Work Area

  2. Beyond the Star

    1. High-speed backbone runs vertically
    2. Demarc
    3. Customer-Premises Equipment (CPE)
    4. Main Distrobution Frame (MDF)

Installation #

  1. Get Floor Plan
  2. Map the Runs a. Telecommunications Room Location
  3. Pulling Cable
  4. Making Connections
  5. Test Cable Runs a. Copper b. Fiber
  6. NICs

Troubleshooting #

Diagnostics and repair of physical cabling.

  1. Diagnosing Physical Problems
    1. Check your lights
    2. Check the NIC a. Loopback test b. Loopback plug
    3. Cable Testing a. TDR b. Toners
    4. Problems in telecomms room a. UPS a. Voltage event recorder b. Labels and map network c. Temperature & Hummidity a. Environmental monitors