Cisco Semester 1 (Lessons 46-49 notes) What is a wiring closet called?A network closet could be a closet or a small room where electrical wiring and computer networking hardware is installed.
What is in a wiring closet?A wiring closet is a small room commonly found in institutional buildings, such as schools and offices, where electrical connections are made. While they are used for many purposes, their most common use is for computer networking where it may be called a premises wire distribution room (PWD room).
What type of cabling is run between the floors of a building?While backbone cabling connects entrance facilities, equipment rooms, and telecommunications rooms, horizontal cabling connects telecommunications rooms to individual outlets throughout the building's floors. Backbone cabling also runs between floors, whereas horizontal wiring should not.
What is the cable called that runs between telecommunications closets and between floors?Terms in this set (36) Network cabling that interconnects telecommunications closets (IDFs) and equipment rooms (MDFs). This cabling (also called "vertical cabling") runs between floors or wings of a building and between buildings to carry network traffic destined for devices outside the work area.
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