Difference Between CAT5A Lan Cable And CAT 6 Network Cables:
CAT5A Lan Cable twisted pairs also use 4 winding pairs and 1 anti pulling wire, and the color of the wire pairs is exactly the same as Category 5 twisted pairs, which are white orange, orange, white green, green, white blue, blue, white brown, and brown. The bare copper wire diameter is 0.51mm (with a wire gauge of 24AWG), the insulated wire diameter is 0.92mm, and the UTP cable diameter is 5mm. Although Category 5 unshielded twisted pair cables can also provide transmission bandwidth of up to 1000Mb/s, they often require the support of expensive special equipment. Therefore, it is usually only applied to 100Mb/s fast Ethernet to achieve the connection between desktop switches and computers. If you are not planning to upgrade your network to Gigabit Ethernet in the future, it is recommended to use Category 5 unshielded twisted pair in horizontal cabling.
Category 6 "Refers To Category 6 Unshielded Twisted Pair Cables:
The parameters of Category 6 unshielded twisted pair have been significantly improved, and the bandwidth has also been extended to 250MHz or higher. Category 6 twisted pairs have certain differences in appearance and structure compared to Category 5 or Super Category 5 twisted pairs. Not only does it add an insulated cross skeleton, but the four pairs of twisted pairs are placed in the four grooves of the cross skeleton, and the diameter of the cable is also thicker.
Super Five Types Of Network Cables:
The cross skeleton in the center of the cable rotates according to its length, clamping four pairs of twisted pairs in the grooves of the skeleton to maintain their relative positions and improve the balance characteristics and crosstalk attenuation of the cable. In addition, ensure that the balance structure of the cable is not damaged during installation. The bare copper wire diameter of Category 6 unshielded twisted pair is 0.57mm (with a wire gauge of 23AWG), the insulated wire diameter is 1.02mm, and the UTP cable diameter is 6.53mm.
Super Category 6 Network Cable:
Belden IBDN has developed a high-performance cabling system that can still operate normally at temperatures above 40 ℃, and officially launched the IBDN 4800LX system at the end of 1999. Its final performance index reaches 300MHz bandwidth, which can still meet the performance index of 20 ℃ specified in the Class 6 standard at 50 ℃. In order to distinguish it from ordinary Category 6 cabling systems, this type of cabling with bandwidth performance far exceeding Category 6 is called Super Category 6.
Super Category 6, also known as 6A, can support 10 gigabit internet access. Currently, it can reach a maximum of 500MHZ, which is twice the size of Category 6 network cables. Currently, 6A is divided into two types: unshielded and shielded. From the appearance, unshielded is similar to Category 6 network cables, but the details are more obvious. The twisted pitch of 6A is denser, and the conductor is also thicker. The most important thing is that the outer sheath of PVC is well known, as traditional PVC is smooth, 6A adopts a gear shaped wired groove shape to effectively change the enhanced signal and minimize signal attenuation.
Another type of shielding is the shielded 6A network cable, which adopts a pair to pair shielding structure, which is very different from traditional shielding. This pair to pair shielding can prevent interference from other wire cores without a pair of wire cores. It can not only prevent external interference but also minimize its own signal attenuation value. However, the cost is relatively high, and overall, the market demand for UTP CAT6A is more.