PowerPoint-Präsentation: The Evolution of Cat6 and Cat6a Cables A w o r ld w i t hout t he use of in ter n e t is i m possible t o i m a g in e ! W e li v e in an er a of I n ter n e t of Thin g s ( I oT), w h er e an yt hing and every thing has a link w i t h t he int er n et . For cre a t ion of t his w o r ld, w e a r e gr a te ful to the n etw o rk ing c abl e s out th er e in t he m a rket . One of t he m ost v i ta l e quip me nt in use for t he cre a t ion of a w i re d c o m pu te r n etw o rk s is an et h er n e t c abl e . The use of Eth er n e t c able is di ver s e . I ts n ee d is for lin k ing c o m put er s, r ou ter s, s w i tc h e s in a lo c al a re a n e t w o rk . The fun c tion of the ca bl e’ s use has g i ve n bi rt h to i t s di ver se c a teg o r i e s. Diff ere nt ty p e s of n etw o r k c abl e s p er fo r m cert ain sp ec ific tas k s in a cc o r d of pa rt i c ular situa t ion. Th ere fo re , o ve r t i me , m any ty p e s of e th er n e t c abl e s d e si g n c a m e up in t he m a rket . Th e se ty p e s a r e m o r e c o mm only t he diff ere nt c a teg o r i e s of c abl e s. L e t us c h ec k out i t s ev olution in b r i e f. The Past The d em and for hi g h e r n e t w o rk ing sp ee ds b ec a m e a n ece ssi ty . This l e d t o t he s c i e ntific and tec hni c al d eve lop me nt w ith t i me . The c able and c o m pon e n t s und erwe nt a s ever e p r o gre ssi v e c han ge . The c han g e w as s e t in m otion for fast e r tr ans m ission w i t h fas te r sp ee ds o ve r lon ge r dis t an ce s. I n o r d e r t o d e fine t he n e t w o r k pa r a meter s c l e a r l y , t he
PowerPoint-Präsentation: ja ck s, r ou ter s, and s w it c h e s. Ho wever , th e y bo t h ha v e a dis t in c t us e , in tr odu ct ion of c opp e r c a teg o r i e s w as in ev i t abl e . This w as also n ece ssa r y for fa c ilita t ing app r op r ia t e c onn ec ting ha r d w a re . Earlier Categoribes I n the la te r pa r t of t he 1980 s, t he w o r ld saw t he in tr odu ct ion of Ca teg o r y 3 c abl e s. I t c ould suppo r t v oi c e s erv i ce s as we ll as 10 BA SE-T Eth er n e t. Ho wever , t his eve n t ually b ec a m e inapt by the m id 1990 ’s. B y t his t i me , Ca teg o r y 5 had b ec o m e w id e ly popula r . I t w as able to suppo r t fast e r n etw o r k sp ee ds up to 100 M bps. Cat5e The n e xt phase of c able and c onn ect or d eve lop me nt c a m e in w i t h t he p re fa c e of Ca t 5 e . I t c ould suppo r t G i g abit n etw o r k appli c ations w ith a hi g h e r e ffi c i e n cy . Ca t 5 e is in si m pl e r term s, an e nhan ce d ver sion of Ca teg o r y 5 . On the o t h e r hand, Ca t 5 e s t anda r ds b r ou g ht w i t h it so m e n e w and m o r e st r in ge nt cr oss t alk sp ec ifi c ations. I t did allow G i g abit n etw o r k appli c ations and hi g h da t a tr ansf e r s ce na r io. I t had a m u c h m o r e re liable fun ct ionali ty , e nou g h for m a k ing Cat eg o r y 5 obsol ete . Cat6 O ve r t he last d ec ad e , Ca teg o r y 6 (Ca t 6 ) c able and c onn ect o r s ha v e b ec o m e a basic re qui reme n t . Ca t6 c abl e s a r e e x treme ly i m po rt ant for cre a t ing a n etw o r k t hat suppo r ts G i g abit n etw o r k appli c a t ions. M o re o ver , a n etw o r k w hi c h suppo r ts band w id t h of up t o 250 M Hz. B o t h Ca t 5 e and Ca t 6 plug into the sa m e key stone J a c k of y our Eth er n e t
PowerPoint-Präsentation: d e si g n, and appli c a t ion. B o t h c abl e s ha v e pair of c abl e s w i t h so m e tw ists of c opp e r w i re s. The Ca t 5 e Key s t one J a c k suppo rt s sp ee d li m it up to 100 0 MBP S w hile t he Ca t 6 c abl e s has a sp ee d li m it up t o 10 GBP S o ve r 120 - 15 0 f e e t . The c ost of the c abl e s v a r i e s by l e n gt h and diff er s f r om m anufa ct u re r t o m anufa ct u rer . The s t anda r d Ca t 5 e c os t s ge n er ally a r ound $ 0 . 2 0 p e r foo t . M o re o ver , t he s t anda r d Ca t 6 c os t s a r ound 20 % hi g h e r than t he Ca t 5 e . Du r ing t he in tr odu ct ion of Ca t 6 , it w as m u c h c os t li e r t han Ca t 5 e . This m ade it al m ost i m possible for us e . Ho wever , sin c e t h e n it has p r o ve d i t s w o r th and i t s c ost also re du ce d. Toda y , Ca t6 has b ec o m e t he m ini m um re qui reme nt for ins t alling n etw o r k c onn ec tions . Cat6a Cables I n Ca teg o r y 6 A Cabl e s , t he “a” stands for au gme nt e d. I t suppo rt s da t a r a te s of 1 0 G i g ab yte s p e r s ec ond up t o 10 0 meter s. I n addi t ion, it also suppo rt s a band w idth of up t o 500 M Hz. I t has b eg un to gr o w ing popula r i ty . The sp ee d of c a t 6 e has a 10 GBP S ( G i g abit) li m it up to 16 4 f ee t and th ere af te r its sp ee d is sa m e as t hat of Ca t 5 e . I t is m u c h li g ht e r and sli mme r t han e a r li e r c abl e s. It s use has b ee n a ggre ssi v e in t he h e al t h c a r e and e du c a t ional ins t i t ut e s. Ca t 6 a also p r o v id e s po we r o ve r et h er n et , w hi c h g i ve s it an e d g e o ve r oth er s.