UTP or STP Cat 5 cable uses an RJ-45 connector.
UTP most commonly used network cableCat 5 and Cat 6 network cables (also called 10BaseT) use an RJ-45 connector. Older thinwire ethernet (10Base2) uses BNC coaxial connect. Original thickwire ethernet used a special thicker cable with a proprietary AUI connector. The old IBM Token Ring system also used its own special cabling and connectors.
UTP most commonly used network cableCat 5 and Cat 6 network cables (also called 10BaseT) use an RJ-45 connector. Older thinwire ethernet (10Base2) uses BNC coaxial connect. Original thickwire ethernet used a special thicker cable with a proprietary AUI connector. The old IBM Token Ring system also used its own special cabling and connectors.
UTP most commonly used network cableCat 5 and Cat 6 network cables (also called 10BaseT) use an RJ-45 connector. Older thinwire ethernet (10Base2) uses BNC coaxial connect. Original thickwire ethernet used a special thicker cable with a proprietary AUI connector. The old IBM Token Ring system also used its own special cabling and connectors.
The media connector between the NIC and the UTP cable is a RJ-45 Internetworking with Cisco and Microsoft pg. 229
BNC
A RJ45 can be defined as a telecommunications connector standard for telephone cables. It can also be defined as a connector for computer network (Ethernet) cables.
LAN Port, Network Port or Ethernet Port
BNC connecter
Wireless ethernet bridges connect two devices that are on the same network. There needs to be the access point and the client for it to work but it can be more convenient than actually using cabling.
An RJ-45 connector is the the connector at the end of a Cat-# cable (also known as a lan cable/network cable).
Apple's Airport and Airport extreme are standard Wi-Fi network interfaces. You will need a Wi-Fi network card on a PC to connect to them. A standard Ethernet network card connects with Ethernet cabling and does not work with Wi-Fi.
Connections to a network depend on the topology and cable type you are using. If we take the most common connection it is via UTP (unshielded twisted pair) cabling, utilizing an RJ-45 connector. This connector takes 8 wires in a modular connection on the cable.Plug one end of the cable into a network interface card on your PC, and the other end to a network connection, which may be a switch, router, hub, etc. The EIA/TIA structured cabling guidelines 568A/B will tell you much more about these types of connections.