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Know Your Twisted Pair Categories
FromThe Broadcast Storm, with Kevin Wallace, CCIEx2 #7945 Emeritus
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Length:
5 minutes
Released:
May 15, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode of The Broadcast Storm, you'll learn the bandwidth capacities and distance limitations for a wide range of twisted pair network cabling. Here's a quick reference: Category 3 Common Use: 10BASE-T and 100BASE-T4 Distance Limitation: 100m Category 5 Common Use: 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T Distance Limitation: 100m Category 5e Common Use: 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T Distance Limitation: 100m Category 6 Common Use: 1000BASE-T, 5GBASE-T, and10GBASE Distance Limitation: 100m (55m for 10GBASE-T) Category 6a Common Use: 1000BASE-T, 5GBASE-T, and 10GBASE-T Distance Limitation: 100m Category 7 Common Use: 5GBASE-T, 10GBASE-T and POTS/CATV/1000BASE-T Distance Limitation: 100m Category 8 Common Use: 25GBASE-T and 40GBASE-T Distance Limitation: 30-36m (intended for data centers) ---------- Want to secure your Internet connection? Click HERE to check out NordVPN.
Released:
May 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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