Network Cabling

What is Structured Cabling?

Imagine a communications infrastructure that allows you to manage all your communications - regardless of the protocols and type of equipment - within a single cabling system…Structured cabling is a simple infrastructure that can be used to deliver all voice and data applications to the desktop. The current industry standard is Category 5e.

Structured cabling is essentially the glue that links everything together, from Local Area Networks(LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), data services and internet access services, to voice/multimedia and network services such as ISDN and ADSL. It can also be used to connect building service controls such as alarms and sensors as well as public address and other systems.

Cabling Layout

The structured cabling scheme provides connections from specified points around a building, to a central patching location. Voice switch, LAN hub and telecommunications services are presented here, from where peripherals can be cross-connected to deliver the required service wherever it's required around a customer's premises.

You make the changes

With a Structured Cabling Scheme, you'll also be able to make moves and changes yourself in minutes. When, for example, people move floors, change desks, or when an entire department is restructured, they'll be able to plug into their new positions and start working virtually straight away. The same applies to connecting new equipment to support new applications. Most new equipment is designed to plug into a structured cabling scheme.