{"id":275,"date":"2016-11-29T14:32:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardinerfamily.wordpress.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2016-11-29T14:32:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:32:29","slug":"common-ethernet-categories-speed-and-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardiner.tech\/bluebook\/blog\/2016\/11\/29\/common-ethernet-categories-speed-and-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Ethernet Categories, Speed, and Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tThe different categories of CAT cable:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Type<\/td>\nSpeed<\/td>\nDetailed Information<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cat. 5<\/td>\n10\/100\/1000MbE*<\/td>\nCategory 5 cables are currently outdated standard that provides support for up to 100Mhz operation. It can be used for 10\/100 Ethernet without worry, however for longer runs of 1000MbE it is recommended to use Cat. 5e or higher.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cat. 5e<\/td>\n10\/100\/1000MbE<\/td>\nCategory 5e cable provides support for frequencies up to 100Mhz. Cat. 5e generally provides the best price for performance, however for future proofing Cat. 6 or higher might be a better choice as it usually does not cost much more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cat. 6<\/td>\n10\/100\/1000MbE
\n10GbE*<\/td>\n		Category 6 is defined up to a frequency of 250Mhz. Allowing 10\/100\/1000 use with up to 100 meter cable length, along with 10GbE over shorter distances.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cat. 6a<\/td>\n10\/100\/1000MbE
\n10GbE<\/td>\n		Cat. 6a or Augmented Category 6 is defined up to 500Mhz. It allows up to 10GbE with a length up to 100m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cat. 7<\/td>\n10\/100\/1000MbE
\n10GbE\/100GbE(?)<\/td>\n		Category 7 is the informal name for “Class F” cabling defined by a different standards body than Cat. 6a and lower. It supports frequencies up to 600Mhz and may support the upcoming 100GbE standard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cat. 7a<\/td>\nUnknown<\/td>\nCategory 7a is an upcoming standard that allows frequencies up to 1000Mhz. Supported Ethernet bandwidths have not been defined.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Shield Cat cable and non-Shielded Cable<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the difference?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Often known as <\/strong>UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) and STP (Shielded Twisted Pair)<\/strong><\/p>\n

With high bandwidth applications on the rise and network systems venturing into new areas such as factory environments, the need for shielded Cat 6 cable<\/a> has also increased. In these new areas of installation, the environment in which the network cable is run has a large amount of EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference). Although Cat 6 cables have improved cable twist to handle gigabit Ethernet and reject noise, this by itself is not enough for environments that have high EMI. Using a shielded Cat 6 cable will help in these high EMI installations. Examples of shielded cable:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tools required to terminate Cat 6 Shielded cable<\/u>:<\/p>\n

Crimp tool\/:<\/u><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/in.rsdelivers.com\/product\/bel-stewart\/2980075-01\/cat-6-shielded-tool-die\/0413415.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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Termination Tool used to terminate cable to face plates\/boxes:<\/u><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/in.rsdelivers.com\/product\/rs\/idc-tool\/professional-idc-termination-tool\/0470128.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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Socket<\/u>:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/in.rsdelivers.com\/product\/hellermanntyton\/852-05589\/rj45-idc-shielded-cat-6\/7190781.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/in.rsdelivers.com\/product\/hellermanntyton\/852-05590\/global-quad-sgl-gang-unshuttered-cat-6\/7190787.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cable Ends \u2013 Connectors Cat 6 Shielded require different type of connection to terminate cable:<\/u><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/in.rsdelivers.com\/product\/siemens\/6gk1901-1bb11-2aa0\/ie-fc-rj45-plug-180-4×2\/7589197.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/in.rsdelivers.com\/product\/hirose\/tm21p-88p21\/8-way-cat6-shielded-rj-plug-15a-125vdc\/4361387.aspx<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The different categories of CAT cable: Type Speed Detailed Information Cat. 5 10\/100\/1000MbE* Category 5 cables are currently outdated standard that provides support for up to 100Mhz operation. It can be used for 10\/100 Ethernet without worry, however for longer runs of 1000MbE it is recommended to use Cat. 5e or higher. Cat. 5e 10\/100\/1000MbE Category 5e cable provides support for frequencies up to 100Mhz. Cat. 5e generally provides the best price for performance, however […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardiner.tech\/bluebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardiner.tech\/bluebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardiner.tech\/bluebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardiner.tech\/bluebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardiner.tech\/bluebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gardiner.tech\/bluebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardiner.tech\/bluebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardiner.tech\/bluebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardiner.tech\/bluebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}