Featured Topic: Testing 10 Gig Ethernet over Copper and Fiber Cabling

Installing and maintaining a reliable physical cable plant is essential to the well being of today's mission-critical LANs. New challenges arise as these networks migrate to higher speeds like 10 Gig, especially for Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) networks. The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards board approved the standard for 10 Gigabit/sec Ethernet over twisted-pair cabling (10GBASE-T) in June 2006. We will explain the applicable cabling standards.