| When you go to buy an electronic gadget, you do | | | | colours, then you have the crossover cable in your |
| painstaking work and research on what all is available, | | | | hand. If the order is same, then you have the straight |
| what are the features, the price and do not leave | | | | through or CAT 5 wire in your hand. |
| anything to chance. At the end of the day, you | | | | The routers, as the name itself suggests, route the |
| accumulate lot of information about the product and | | | | data to different connecting devices with or without |
| the various options available in the market. But, how | | | | wires. The wireless routers also come with the option |
| much do you know or research about the accessories | | | | of being connected with the fixed broadband |
| that connect these gadgets? How many of you would | | | | connection. The routers can provide high speed |
| enquire the number and type of ports that your gadget | | | | broadband connection for multiple computers. It would |
| has and to what all devices can this be connected? If | | | | be interesting for you to know that the routers are |
| someone were to ask you, what type of routers | | | | used for establishing intra-organization connectivity, |
| & Switches or Cables you require, there are great | | | | intra-ISP (internet service providers) providers and |
| chances that you will be looking blankly at his face. | | | | between organization and the internet. You must |
| Let us first have a look at the common types of | | | | enquire about the number of Ethernet ports that the |
| networking cables that are used for connecting the | | | | router switch has. This determines the number of |
| gadgets. There are two types of the network cables, | | | | devices that can be connected. The routers and |
| the CAT 5 cable and the Crossover cable. The | | | | switches using the Virtual Private Network (VPN) allow |
| former is a direct connection between two hardware | | | | a fixed number of remote users to access a central |
| for signal routing, whereas, the latter is used to connect | | | | network at one time. |
| two computers via their network adapters. However, it | | | | Doing some shopping before opting for the right cables |
| shall be noted that the PS2 connector shall not be | | | | at most economic prices is advisable. The suppliers will |
| used to connect to switches, routers and modems. | | | | themselves tell you the right cables, Routers & |
| Both the CAT 5 and the crossover cables use the RJ | | | | Switches for your connecting needs. If you do not |
| 5 connectors, so how do you tell which one are you | | | | select or get the right ones, there will be problems of |
| holding? You just need to look at both ends of the | | | | time delays, poor quality audio-visuals and breakages in |
| cable and see the arrangement of the eight wires in | | | | transmissions, limiting the effectiveness of the modern |
| them. Looking from a particular direction at both the | | | | gadgets. Therefore, careful selection of connecting |
| ends, if wires are arranged in different order of their | | | | accessories for the different needs is very important. |