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Planning a Network Installation

Before You Start

An efﬁcient network that will serve your long-term needs requires thorough

planning. This chapter discusses some of the topics that are important in the

early stages of network development. The topics are arranged in chronologi-

cal order. You should read this entire chapter to get an overview of the

details involved in planning your network.

Thin Ethernet networks are arranged in a linear bus topology, which uses

one length of cable (called a backbone cable) per network segment.

Figure 1-1 shows an example of a linear bus topology. The backbone cable

must have a terminator at each end, and one of the two terminators must be

grounded.

Figure 1-1 Linear bus topology

Workstations and servers connect to the backbone cable using T-connectors.

Figure 1-2 shows an illustration of a T-connector. Both sides of the T-connec-

tor must connect to cable or cable and a terminator.

Figure 1-2 T-connector

The BNC Hubs are well-suited to build networks or subnetworks of 180

nodes or less. If you plan to implement a large network with hundreds of

devices, you may consider investing in the Asanté intelligent hubs and a con-

sultant to help you design your network.

Terminator

(grounded)

Thin coaxial cable

(backbone cable)

T-connectors

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