The Benefits of Twisted Pair Cable

The Benefits of Twisted Pair Cable

Luciana Quispe

Professor: Daniel Doe

CIS 175

07/28/2013

The Ocper Inc is having a current working network with 20 peer-to-peer network computers. Hence cost related to setting up the network is not a concern. Before increasing the network size to double, first the organization needs to change the layout of the architecture in the way the systems are connected. This will help in utilizing the network capacity at the highest and increasing data transfer speed. As a hired consultant network, I would recommend the president to change the current network type to twisted pair cable because by having coaxial cable used for carrying lower-frequency signals, frequency signals along a single center conductor whereas for twisted pair cable twisting two insulated wires together improves their electrical characteristics at lower voice frequencies and prevents signals from crossing into adjacent wires. According to the article Networking 116 it states, “In general, coaxial cable is more expensive by a factor of two or three, than twisted pair, and more expensive by a smaller factor than shielded twisted pair.” (Networking 116) It means that twisted pair cables is more suitable and allows the signa l to travel longer distances.

As the organization is currently running the network in a simple peer to peer networking topology, each system is connected to each other in the network, which makes the network totally dedicated but it increases the cost of networking and cost related to cables. Moreover, in such type of networks, every computer is connected to the other computer in the system, but many of the connections serve no major purpose. To reduce the cost maintaining the network speed efficiently as well as securing the access rights, it would be better to connect the computers in a way where one of the systems would be the administrator and the others are going to be connected with limited access. As far as the network goes I would...