Know Your Twisted Pair Categories

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)

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