Cat 6 Wire (Category 6 Wire/Cable) is the accepted cable used for some Gigabit Ethernet standards. Some network protocols that are backward compatible with category 5 or 5e Wires and category 3 Cables may also use the Cat 6 Wire.
The traditional advantage of using the Cat 6 Wire is its requirement for literal, specification used for system noise and crosstalk.
Physical Features of Cat 6 Wire
There are four copper wires that make up the Cat 6 Wire. These copper wires are twisted just like other accepted copper cables.
Different numbers of Awg wires may construct the Cat 6 Wire. Some have 22, others have 23, while some may be composed of 24 Awg wires. Having more or lesser Awg wires does not matter much because the accepted for Cat 6 Wire is to have at least 22 Awg wires and at most 24 wires.
Cables that are Cat 6 Wires can be legitimately identified by the name printed on the cable sheath's side.
Gigabit Ethernet that Use Cat 6 Wire
Gigabit Ethernet describes distinct technologies used for transferring Ethernet frames with a high rate of gigabit per second. There are distinct standards of corporal layers for Gigabit Ethernet like the 1000Base-X, 1000Base-T, and 1000Base-Tx. Specific Gigabit Ethernet standards are 1000Base-Cx, 1000-Bx10, 1000Base-Lx, 1000Base-Zx, 1000Base-Sx, and 1000Base-Lh. Gigabit Ethernet using the Cat 6 Wire are only exiguous to 1000Base-T, 100Base-Tx/10Base-T, and 10Gbase-T.
The 1000Base-T is also known as the Ieee 802.3ab. It is one of the standards used for Gigabit Ethernet over a copper wiring. Not only Cat 6 Wire can be used for this but Cat 5 and Cat 5e Cables too. If 1000Base-T is used with incorrect type of cable, many errors will legitimately take place. Meanwhile, the 100Base-Tx/10Base-T is generally called as the "Ethernet over twisted pair." These types of cable use a pair of copper cables that are twisted around each other.
Cat 6 Wire may also be used for the 10Gbase-T, however, with some limitations. The 10Gbase-T is the fastest among the Ethernet standards and was recently released in 2002. It is ten times faster than the accepted Gigabit Ethernet. Due to this industrialized highlight that the Cat 6 Wire may become exiguous when used for 10Gbase-T standard.
Wiring Grades Other Than the Cat 6 Wire
Cat 6 Wire is one of the most recent wires used for Gigabit Ethernet. But cables were already ready before its issue in June 2002.
There were unshielded and untwisted wirings already ready like the Grade 1, Grade 2, category 3, category 4, and category 5. Enhancement of these wires started with the category 5e. The "e" in the Cat 5e means "enhanced." This is similar to the older Cat 5 version only that the later version is intended for Near End Cross Talk.
Meanwhile, later Cat 6 Wire version is also ready in the form of category 7 Wire. This wire is made to hold frequencies at a maximum of 600 Mhz since the Cat 6 Wire is only intended for about 250 Mhz.
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