LAN Wiring

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This completely updated edition of the best-selling guide to cable installation for voice and data provides installers with the details of proper LAN cabling and gives network and IT managers the basics of LAN hardware connection. This Third Edition has been updated to reflect the latest advances in Gigabit copper cabling, 10 Gigabit cabling, Category 8 and 7 cabling, Power-Over Ethernet for distribution devices, and the very newest cabling standards.

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Comprehensive, and an excellent value.......2000-10-25

One thing that some "certified professionals" lack these days is an understanding of cabling... they call that wire a backbone for a reason, you know. With plenty of illustrations and a wealth of practical knowledge, this book is an asset to any sysadmin's library, providing the information that you REALLY need to know when crawling through an overhead duct with a flashlight in your teeth.

Simply a MUST for data networking professionals!.......2000-10-07

My work revolves around designing and building data, voice and video network distribution systems. LAN Wiring is a fantastic resource for building copper, fiber, and even wireless data infrastructures!

Not only will LAN Wiring help you today, it offers terrific advice and guidance for including upgrade paths for future growth. Trulove thoroughly covers technology that is currently available, as well as what is anticipated down the road.

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So much of what is commonplace today was once considered impossible, or at least wishful thinking. Laser beams in the operating room, cars with built-in guidance systems, cell phones with email access. There's just no getting around the fact that technology always has, and always will be, very cool. But technology isn't only cool; it's also very smart. That's why one of the hottest technological trends nowadays is the creation of smart homes. At an increasing rate, people are turning their homes into state-of-the-art machines, complete with more switches, sensors, and actuators than you can shake a stick at. Whether you want to equip your home with motion detectors for added security, install computer-controlled lights for optimum convenience, or even mount an in-home web cam or two purely for entertainment, the world is now your oyster. Ah, but like anything highly technical, creating a smart home is typically easier said than done. Thankfully, Smart Home Hacks takes the guesswork out of the process. Through a seemingly unending array of valuable tips, tools, and techniques, Smart Home Hacks explains in clear detail how to use Mac, Windows, or Linux to achieve the automated home of your dreams. In no time, you'll learn how to turn a loose collection of sensors and switches into a well-automated and well-functioning home no matter what your technical level may be. Smart Home Hacks covers a litany of stand-alone and integrated smart home solutions designed to enhance safety, comfort, and convenience in new and existing homes. Kitchens, bedrooms, home offices, living rooms, and even bathrooms are all candidates for smart automation and therefore are all addressed in Smart Home Hacks. Intelligently written by engineering guru and George Jetson wannabe, Gordon Meyer, Smart Home Hacks leaves no stone unturned. From what to purchase to how to use your remote control, it's the ultimate guide to understanding and implementing complete or partial home automation.

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Interesting and Informative reading........2007-02-20

I am very into the X-10 gadgets and have been for several years. This book was intended for the average homeowner interested in inexpensive home security. The only thing it lacks is diagrams and layouts for the systems it covered.

Very Interesting Book: So many ideas, so little money!.......2006-03-16

This book presents a great variety of ideas for using the X10 protocol. I'm sure every reader will find several ideas or projects interesting enough to try.

Although I've been using X10 products for over five years, I have found this book to be a very useful reference. What I like about it is that it starts off with the very basics and move through to the esoteric ... something for everyone.

I recommend this book to the beginner or to the experienced. I'm glad I bought it: I refer to it all the time.

Occasional gem, but disappoints overall.......2006-02-06

"Smart Home Hacks" provides a basic introduction to X10-based home automation, a technology that's been around since the 1970s. For the most part, the book just scratches the surface of the subject and often goes off on unrelated tangents, such as an example of how to build a robot lawnmower. What's missing is a more comprehensive overview of X10-compatible modules and the different ways they might be used to solve home automation problems. For example, irrigation is a very practical application that's ideal for a computer, and there are X10-based models, such as the Rain8 made by WGL designs. But the author chooses to ignore irrigation because of a perceived flooding hazard, even though the Rain8 has an internal limiter that shuts off the water even if no X10 "off" signal is received. Many pages are devoted to computer automation systems sending text-base messages, but no mention is made of voice-based solutions which are much more practical and cost-effective. The newer software applications that are available are impressive but it's amazing how primitive the available hardware is. The book fails to mention one of the biggest obstacles to X10 deployment: the need for a "neutral" (white) wire in household wiring. Since most light switches are wired with a simple 2-wire loop-back for economic reasons, it would require expensive re-wiring to use X10 switches. And, unless I missed it, it fails to discuss the problem of X10 signals not being passed to the "other side" of typical 2-phase house wiring. Only a passing mention is made to the new INSTEON technology that improves upon the old X10 protocol. So, although the book appears to be "current" it reads like it was written five years ago. "Smart Home Hacks" works best as sort of an idea cookbook. You'll find yourself bouncing around from one "recipe" to another but often finding most cool ideas can't be cooked up because of various obstacles (cost, permits, electronic expertise, obscure hardware, and so on).

SMART HOME HACKS: Tips & Tools for Automating Your House.......2005-09-15

SMART HOME HACKS: Tips & Tools for Automating Your House
Gordon Meyer
O'Reilly Media Inc.
ISBN: 0-596-00722-1

For years we have heard of how computers can provide benefits around the house. Television news programs show research labs using computers in conjunction with special equipment for recording or controlling test. I have often wondered, "How is this accomplished?"

Smart Home Hacks introduces you to previously hidden benefits our computers can provide. With software available for Macintosh and other operating systems we learn to control many items in and around our home from our computer's CPU.

How is this done... using the existing 120 VAC wiring in our walls to transmit and receive signals via X10 transmitter and receivers around your house. Whether controlling 12 volt landscaping lights, the timing cycles for your pool pump, or simply turning lights and sound on and off for security reasons, from the ground up Gordon Meyer's Smart Home Hacks explains the process.

Your computer can send messages to your cell phone, pager, or e-mail account. Driveway lights can be set to come on and remain on for a given period of time, and sprinkler systems can be controlled by your home computer. Meyer takes readers from the basics of X10 codes to starting your hot tub and having it ready when you get home.

For those wanting a computer to work for them this book even shows you how to monitor and plot heating oil fuel consumption. With broadband Internet service you can monitor Fido's actions when you are away from the house by adding video camera(s) and a link to the Internet.

To add cost effectiveness to a home, SMART HOME HACKS: Tips & Tools for Automating Your House is a great addition to a home library. Additionally, it should be considered as an ideal gift.

All about X10.......2005-03-16

Technical people are always looking for ways that technology can improve and enrich their lives. Smart homes-or home automation-has always seemed like something more from science fiction than science fact. However, after reading this book, the truth is that creating a smart home is easier and far less technical than most people think. This book provides the reader with 100 tips or things that can be done (some quite easy, some might take longer to complete) to automate your home.

Contrary to what you might think, much of what you can do with home automation doesn't require your home to be re-wired. Instead, much of what you might want to accomplish (like having your computer automatically turning on or off lights in the house while you're on vacation) can be done very easily through X10 modules. X10 modules are relatively inexpensive components which can send signals over power lines. Once you understand X10, many of the more straightforward hacks in this book make a lot of sense.

Other projects you'll find in this book include a home monitoring system, a smart sprinkling system, sending messages of what's happening at home to a cell phone or pager, and even controlling your home from a web browser. While some of these projects may sound a bit Orwellian, they are actually very interesting and can make your home a safer place to live. Instead of becoming a victim when a toilet or washing machine overflows, you can put preemptive measures in place to be alerted before a problem occurs.

This is a very interesting book and a must read if you've ever considered home automation. Not only will this book step you through some projects, but it will give you some excellent ideas for the future. I enjoyed reading this book and would highly recommend it.

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Cabling Handbook, The (2nd Edition)
A good review reference to Telecom other than cabling.
Cabling Handbook- or Not!
A very complete handbook
Technical, practical, and completely readable

Cabling Handbook, The (2nd Edition)
John R. Vacca
Manufacturer: Pearson Education
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*The #1 A-Z network and telecom cabling reference - 100% updated!
*New coverage! Fiber, home networking, cable modems, and much more
*WAN connections, xDSL wiring-even wireless networks
*Step-by-step planning, implementation, and management
*Systematic troubleshooting guide
*Quick-reference, task-oriented format!
*The professional's guide to computer and telecom cabling!
*Completely updated! Fiber, home networking, cable modems, wireless, and more
*Choosing the right vendors and products
*Great preparation for Network+ cable-related exam objectives!

The Cabling Handbook, Second Edition is a thorough, up-to-the-minute professional's guide to every aspect of LAN and telecommunications cabling, from planning through installation and management. From Category 5 twisted pair and fiber to the latest wireless LAN solutions, it's all here: standards, product comparisons, topology and architecture design, electrical and safety considerations, and more - including invaluable information for anyone preparing for CompTIA Network+ certification. This brand new second edition has been updated with extensive new coverage of fiber technologies, home networking, cable modems, and much more. Rely on this book for expert guidance on:

*Estimating the cost of cable plant upgrades
*Choosing the right installer and supervising installation
*Selecting the optimal cabling system and products
*Deploying wireless LANs with maximum reliability, coverage, throughput, and security
*Managing cable systems to minimize long-term costs and maximize long-term reliability
*Troubleshooting cable system problems rapidly and effectively

Expert John Vacca goes beyond LANs, reviewing key cable-related issues associated with campus networks, WANs, and the Internet. You'll find extensive coverage of cable management software and documenting cable systems. The book contains detailed listings of top cable installers, fiber optic cable manufacturers, cable labeling vendors, SCSI, and wireless LAN providers.

Whether you buy, sell, or manage cabling systems, you need to maximize quality and minimize disruption - now and for decades to come. One book shows you how: The Cabling Handbook, Second Edition.

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Cabling Handbook, The (2nd Edition).......2005-09-06

I received my book in record time and it has turned out to be a very rewarding purchase.

A good review reference to Telecom other than cabling........2001-11-18

If you are a new comer to the telecommunications and want to read on an overview go ahead you are in the right place. There isn't much information here about cabling, nothing ordinary. For cabling information you may want to check out James Trulove's LAN Wiring.

Cabling Handbook- or Not!.......2001-10-13

This second edition of Mr. Vacca's Cabling book is a big improvement over the first edition published in 1999.
This book contains a lot of good practical advise on telecommunications cabling, probably drawn from the author's practical experiences. Designing Cabling systems and cable installation sections are pretty good. However most of this information is also available in BICSI Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manuals, which you should already have a copy if you are working in the telecom field. I feel like a cabling book should have a lot more detail on cabling than topics like Virtual area networks, VPNs, Wireless future, Fiber optic electronics (instead, more info on Fiber cable installations here would be helpful). There are lot better books in those technical areas and you wander why a cabling book should include them. Also, a minimal amount of information is given on the testing cables; so I believe you would be doing better by reading ANSI/EIA/TIA-568-B.2 and B.3 standards. BICSI Telecommunications Cabling Manual for some more details on the subject. If you are planning to install a telecommunication system in an industrial facility and are not familiar with manufacturing environment please look for much more advice than you find here.

A very complete handbook.......2001-04-16

This is a very complete handbook from John Vacca, both for the beginner, in terms of explaining the various technologies, and for the expert, in understanding the complete picture.

Technical, practical, and completely readable.......2001-04-11

The second edition of John Vacca's Cabling Handbook goes even further beyond cabling than the first edition did.

I found the extensive information on wireless connectivity particularly informative, and the chapter on its futures (Bluetooth, UMTS, and practical implications) was eye-opening and fascinating.

On a more mundane level, fiber optic technology and implementation were explained such that I have a far better understanding than before. And I recommend reading through the very practical steps in the chapter on Implementation Plan Development. These will certainly reduce the problems encountered in network installations - physical, technical, and scheduling. Been there, done that...

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Wire your LAN for optimal performance. don't let hasty or uninformed LAN writing choices compromise your network's spped and efficiency. Step-by-step, James Trulove's LAN Wiring: An Illustrated Networking Guide walks you through the little-known industry-accepted methods, practices and standards for correctly installing and maintaining top-flight LAN writing. With this one-stop guide, you'll quickly master proven wiring methods for all major LAN technologies-2.5 Mbps to 155Mbps-including the latest 100BaseT and 100Base-VG LANs. You get: Basic connectivity advice for Ethernet, Token Ring, Arcnet, FDDI, ATM and LocalTalk systems; Complete details on working with such cable types as shielded and unshielded twisted pair, coaxial, and fiber optic; No-nonsense directives on cable connectors, interconnection, wire management, and LAN wiring standards; Field-tested wiring schemes for maintaining LAN longevity; Hands-on tips and techniques to ensure safety, comply with regulations and eliminate line noise; Much more.

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Good but lacking reference.......2000-05-17

I found the book very informative but it did not list vendors that had the products they were referring to hence value of material was lessen.

Very informative and well written.......1999-09-26

Answered virtually all of my questions on LAN wiring and it didn't even put me to sleep in the process! Excellent book to start learning about LAN construction and as an ongoing reference. Looking forward to the next edition.

This book has everything I've been looking for........1999-02-03

The information in "Lan Wiring" is easy to understand and very useful.

El mejor libro sobre cableado de redes.......1998-05-02

Si Ud. esta pensando en el montaje de cableado de redes en forma profesional, entonces Ud. debe comprar este libro. En verdad explica todo acerca del cableado, desde las normas hasta estrategias a segir. Siempre lo ocupo como referencia para tomar decisiones acerca de la mejor opción a seguir!

The Best!.......1997-12-01

This is the best (and only) book that I have found about network cabling. It explains everything!

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Wiring Home Networks
John Ross
Manufacturer: Sunset Publishing Corporation
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We're all working (and playing) in a digital world. Computers, entertainment systems, satellite cable, and Internet connections-they're multiplying in virtually every household. Before you attempt to connect all the dots, check out Wiring Home Networks, the just-in-time home network how-to guide from Sunset. Step-by-step instructions help you create your own home networks for computers, video, audio, and phone systems. Need to extend DSL service to more than one computer, add cable or satellite TV access in several rooms, or increase the number of remote speakers for your CD or DVD system? This book shows you how. Even electricians and contractors who understand how to work with AC wiring, but who have little experience with data, audio, or video networks, will benefit from its easy-to-follow directions. Don't get frustrated-get wired, today!

Politics on the Nets: Wiring the Political Process

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Wayne Rash
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The subject of politics on the Net might bring to mind only endless diatribes in newsgroups and a few key Web sites during elections. As Wayne Rash points out, there's much more. All sorts of political and lobbying groups, from the major parties to single-issue advocacy organizations are using the Net to plead their cause. Rash compares the role the Net played in the 1996 U.S. presidential election to the role of television in 1960. He explores how political groups use the Net, asking if it gives them an edge. He also addresses nontraditional, radical, and splinter groups, noting that the same medium that enables proponents of small mainstream issues to have a voice also magnifies the outreach of hate groups.

Structured Cable Systems (Signals and Communication Technology)

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Structured Cable Systems (Signals and Communication Technology)
A.B. Semenov , S.K. Strizhakov , and I.R. Suncheley
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ASIN: 3540430008

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This book is written for professionals in telecommunications and LAN technology. It is the most complete and comprehensive guide to Structured Cable Systems. It presents the SCS in two ways; first, as a complete working system including physical principles of its operation, and second by the number of components the SCS consists of. All main components of SCS are described. This book also covers questions on SCS design, assembling, testing and troubleshooting. It is supplemented with a glossary of over 300 terms.

FORE SYSTEMS INTRODUCES WIRING CLOSET ETHERNET SWITCHES.(ES- 1000, ES-1200 and ES-2000)(Product Announcement): An article from: LAN Product News

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FORE SYSTEMS INTRODUCES WIRING CLOSET ETHERNET SWITCHES.(ES- 1000, ES-1200 and ES-2000)(Product Announcement): An article from: LAN Product News

Manufacturer: Worldwide Videotex
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This digital document is an article from LAN Product News, published by Worldwide Videotex on January 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1048 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: FORE SYSTEMS INTRODUCES WIRING CLOSET ETHERNET SWITCHES.(ES- 1000, ES-1200 and ES-2000)(Product Announcement)
Publication: LAN Product News (Newsletter)
Date: January 1, 2000
Publisher: Worldwide Videotex
Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Page: NA

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LAN wiring does double duty: adopting PoE will end your AC wall-plug dependency.(POWER OVER ETHERNET): An article from: EE-Evaluation Engineering

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LAN wiring does double duty: adopting PoE will end your AC wall-plug dependency.(POWER OVER ETHERNET): An article from: EE-Evaluation Engineering
Tom Lecklider
Manufacturer: Nelson Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0009GNK7K
Release Date: 2005-08-01

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This digital document is an article from EE-Evaluation Engineering, published by Nelson Publishing on November 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2400 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: LAN wiring does double duty: adopting PoE will end your AC wall-plug dependency.(POWER OVER ETHERNET)
Author: Tom Lecklider
Publication: EE-Evaluation Engineering (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2004
Publisher: Nelson Publishing
Volume: 43 Issue: 11 Page: 46(4)

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LAN Wiring
James Trulove
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OG3TI0

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