What is Cat6 Cabling?
Category 6 cable contains four twisted wire pairs and allows frequencies up to 250 MHz. It is used in 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T (Gigabit Ethernet), and 10GBASE-T (10-Gigabit Ethernet) applications. Cat6 also supports 10GBASE-T applications over the traditional limits of copper IT cabling Canary Wharf . This is made possible with all four wires working together to handle the signal instead of just two, which can be found in the Cat5e cable. It uses the same RJ45 connector as Cat5e. However, Cat6 can only transmit 10 Gigabit Ethernet up to a maximum of 55m rather than the standard 90 metres of Cat6a and above. What is Cat6 cabling used for? Cat6 is used for networking, data transfer, and phone lines. Cat6 can support speeds up to 10Gbit/s so it has plenty of room to grow as technology changes and evolves. What are the specs for Cat6 Cable? Wire Gauge: 23 AWG Shielding: 100% Aluminium Mylar foil with tinned copper braid Impedance: 100 Ohm +/- 15% Cat6 Pair Colours Cat6 Cable follows the