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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Figure 18-39 Punching down a modular jack

The last step is connecting the workstation to the wall outlet. Here again,

most folks use a patch cable. Its stranded cabling stands up to the abuse

caused by moving equipment, not to mention the occasional kick.

The work area may be the simplest part of the structured cabling system,

but it is also the source of most network failures. When a user can’t access

the network and you suspect a broken cable, the first place to look is the work

area.

Going Wide

A wide area network (WAN) is a widespread group of computers connected

using long-distance technologies. You connect LANs into a WAN with a

magical box called a router (see Figure 18-40). The best example of a WAN

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