Category 5e 6 Ethernet Cable

Many cat 6 cables also include a nylon spline which helps eliminate crosstalk.

Category 5e 6 ethernet cable.

Rca cat 6 white ethernet cable box. 99 42 99 42. The e in cat5e stands for enhanced although the cat5 ethernet cable can handle up to 10 100 mbps at a 100 mhz bandwidth which was once considered quite efficient the newer versions of cat cables are significantly faster says firefold. Although the spline is not required in cat 5 cable some manufactures include it anyway.

Networking cables such as ethernet cables cat 5 cables cat 5e category 5 enhanced cables and cat 6 cables are some of the types of cables that are used to connect all computers in the home or office to get a network up and running smoothly. 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. The cable standard specifies performance of up to 250 mhz compared to 100 mhz for cat 5 and cat 5e. In cat 6 cable the spline is not required either as long as the cable tests according to the standard.

In the picture above the cat 5e cable is the only one with a spline. Like amazon s model this cable offers a maximum speed of 1gbps but improves over cat 5 and cat 5e products with better crosstalk protection and a higher 250mhz bandwidth. A further difference within the ethernet cables whether cat 5 cat 5e cat 6 cat 6e or cat 7 can be whether solid or stranded wires are used within the cable. The cat 5 cat 6 difference mainly lies in their electrical specifications or signal transmission capabilities.

As the description implies a solid cable uses a single piece of copper for the electrical conductor within each wire of the cable whilst stranded wire uses a series of copper strands. Legrand on q 14 ft cat 5e white ethernet cable coil. Cat 6 has to meet more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise than cat 5 and cat 5e. For pricing and availability.

Cat 6 they re tightly wound and usually outfitted with. Cat 5e is currently the most commonly used cable mainly due to its low production cost and support for speeds faster than cat 5 cables.