Talk about diffrent types of cables used in lan cabling?

Answer Posted / saurabh seth

Cables are of Three types :-
1) Coaxial cales
2) Fibre optical cable
3) Twisted Pair

Twisted Pair is divided into two types:-
1) Unshielded( UTP )
2) Shielded (STP )

UTP is further Divided into three types:-
1) Straight cable- used to connect dis similar devices like
PC to switch.
2) Cross Cable- used to connect similar devices like
PC to PC, Switch to switch.
3) Roll Over Cable - used to access the operating system of
router's or switch on our system.

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