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Connectors for STP
AppleTalk and Token Ring networks can be cabled using UTP cable and RJ-45 connectors (described later in this chapter), but both networks originated as STP cabling systems. For STP cable, AppleTalk employs a DIN-type connector, shown in Figure 3.13. IBM, on the other hand, uses the IBM Data Connector, as shown in Figure 3.14.

The IBM Data Connector is unusual because it doesn’t come in two gender configurations. Instead, any IBM Data Connector can be snapped to any other IBM Data Connector. The IBM cabling system is discussed later in this chapter.