Mike's Basic Guide to Cabling Computers and Telephones

The book is easy to understand, with cartoons and illustrations depicting all stages of installation, termination, testing computer and telephone cabling. It is also used as an accredited college textbook. The first Chapter covers the history of the most common topologies used. Chapter two covers doing a site inspection for figuring out where you would put outlets, and the difficulties you encounter. Chapter three covers the actual installation of the cabling in the building. Chapter four explains project management. Chapter five shows how to terminate connectors. Chapter six shows in depth how to identify unshielded twisted pair cabling. Chapter seven covers punchdown blocks. Chapter eight is about troubleshooting RG-58 thinnet. Chapter nine covers terminating and testing RS-232 DB type connectors. Chapter ten explains patch panels. Chapter eleven is about the 50 pin RJ-21 teleco connector. Chapter twelve teachs the basics of writing a request for proposal (RFP). Chapter thirteen is about the tools. Chapter fourteen covers firestopping. Chapter fifteen is about multi-mode fiber optic cabling. Chapter sixteen is a step by step process of creating a cabling bid. Chapter seventeen shows how to terminate a fiber optic connector using epoxy. Chapter eighteen covers how to test a fiber cable using a power light meter.Gorman, Mike is the author of 'Mike's Basic Guide to Cabling Computers and Telephones', published 2001 under ISBN 9780966063851 and ISBN 0966063856.