Chapter Summary
Coaxial cable consists of central copper core
surrounded by an insulator and a sheath
Thicknet cabling is a rigid coaxial cable used
for original Ethernet networks
Both Thicknet and Thinnet coaxial cable rely
on bus topology and must be terminated at
both ends with a resistor
Twisted-pair cable consists of color-coded
pairs of insulated copper wires, twisted
around each other and encased in plastic
coating