Cat 6 has to meet more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise than cat 5 and cat 5e.
Cat6 cable conductor diameter.
Notice the lower the gauge the higher the thickness.
To reduce resistance and allow for a better flow of electrons the diameter of the cable s conductor must be increased.
The cable standard specifies performance of up to 250 mhz compared to 100 mhz for cat 5 and cat 5e.
Both cables are made with 23 awg solid bare copper conductors.
The a stands for augmented and is a nod to cat6a s improved specifications compared with its predecessor the category 6 or cat6 cable.
Decreases the chance of crosstalk interference.
Cat6a utp cable design differs among manufacturers.
The category 6 augmented cable standard or cat 6a was created to further improve the performance of cat 6 ethernet cables using cat 6a enables 10 gigabit ethernet data rates over a single cable run up to 328 feet.
The plenum cmp rated category 6 cable now has an outside diameter of 0 190 inches and the riser cmr rated category 6 has a 0 200 inch od.
In your search for ethernet cable you may have noticed thin versions of cat5e cat6 and cat6a cables.
Commonly constructed of 28 awg wire these slim ethernet cables can be more than 25 smaller in diameter than their full size counterparts.
100 15ω 1 550mhz.
The cat 6e 550mhz plenum rated cable now has a 0 200 inch od and the riser rated version has a 0 215 inch od.
A 23awg cable is 0 57mm wide while a 24awg cable is 0 52mm wide.
Category 6 cable cat 6 is a standardized twisted pair cable for ethernet and other network physical layers that is backward compatible with the category 5 5e and category 3 cable standards.
And provides superior reliability and transmission.
The cat6a doubles data transmission bandwidth from 250 to 500 mhz.
Specifications utp cat 6 cable db 100 ft 30 48 m db 100 m 328 ft mhz 14 pf ft 46 pf m nominal capacit ance nominal attenuation 100 ohms 15 ohms 68 insula tion bend radius nominal velocity of propa gation 0 90 2 3 cm time delay 46 lbs 20 9 kg per 1000 ft 304 8 m shipping weight per standardcoverage length awg diameter stranding.
Belden offers several category 6 performance levels including our 3600 series with premium performance offering significant headroom and our 2400 cat 6 enhanced system cable.
Cat 6 supports 10 gigabit ethernet only up to 164 feet of cable length.
Unshielded twisted pair utp cable type.
Cable s gauge indicates the thickness of the conductor in which the electrons flow.
Bulk cable cat 6.
The outside diameter of cat6a f utp can be as large as 0 354 compared to 0 265 0 30 for cat6a f utp and 0 21 9 24 for cat6.
Every level exceeds tia 568 c 2 s performance and are produced with belden s superior quality.
