Back كبل فئة 6 Arabic Cable de categoria 6 Catalan Cat-6-Kabel German Καλώδιο CAT6 Greek Cable de categoría 6 Spanish بافه مسی دسته ۶ Persian Câble catégorie 6 French カテゴリー6ケーブル Japanese Kategori 6-kabel NB Kabel kategorii 6 Polish
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.
Cat 6 must meet more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise than Cat 5 and Cat 5e. The cable standard specifies performance of up to 250 MHz, compared to 100 MHz for Cat 5 and Cat 5e.[1]
Whereas Category 6 cable has a reduced maximum length of 55 metres (180 ft) when used for 10GBASE-T, Category 6A cable is characterized to 500 MHz and has improved alien crosstalk characteristics, allowing 10GBASE-T to be run for the same 100-metre (330 ft) maximum distance as previous Ethernet variants.
- ^ Kish, Paul (July 2002). "Category 6 Cabling Questions and Answers" (PDF). NORDX/CDT, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 21 October 2013.