| Cat 6 Wire (Category 6 Wire/Cable) is the | | | | The 1000BASE-T is also known as the IEEE |
| standard cable used for some Gigabit Ethernet | | | | 802.3ab. It is one of the standards used for |
| standards. Some network protocols that are | | | | Gigabit Ethernet over a copper wiring. Not only |
| backward compatible with Category 5 or 5e | | | | Cat 6 Wire can be used for this but Cat 5 and |
| Wires and Category 3 Cables may also use the | | | | Cat 5e Cables too. If 1000BASE-T is used with |
| Cat 6 Wire. | | | | incorrect type of cable, many errors will surely |
| The primary benefit of using the Cat 6 Wire is its | | | | take place. Meanwhile, the 100BASE-TX |
| requirement for strict specification used for | | | | 10BASE-T is generally called as the "Ethernet over |
| system noise and crosstalk. | | | | twisted pair." These types of cable use a pair of |
| Physical Features of Cat 6 Wire | | | | copper cables that are twisted around each other. |
| There are four copper wires that make up the | | | | Cat 6 Wire may also be used for the |
| Cat 6 Wire. These copper wires are twisted just | | | | 10GBASE-T, however, with some limitations. The |
| like other standard copper cables. | | | | 10GBASE-T is the fastest among the Ethernet |
| Different numbers of AWG wires may compose | | | | standards and was recently released in 2002. It is |
| the Cat 6 Wire. Some have 22, others have 23, | | | | ten times faster than the standard Gigabit |
| while some may be composed of 24 AWG wires. | | | | Ethernet. Due to this advanced feature that the |
| Having more or lesser AWG wires does not | | | | Cat 6 Wire may become limited when used for |
| matter much because the standard for Cat 6 | | | | 10GBASE-T standard. |
| Wire is to have at least 22 AWG wires and at | | | | Wiring Grades Other Than the Cat 6 Wire |
| most 24 wires. | | | | Cat 6 Wire is one of the latest wires used for |
| Cables that are Cat 6 Wires can be easily | | | | Gigabit Ethernet. But cables were already available |
| identified by the name printed on the cable | | | | before its release in June 2002. |
| sheath's side. | | | | There were unshielded and untwisted wirings |
| Gigabit Ethernet that Use Cat 6 Wire | | | | already available like the Grade 1, Grade 2, |
| Gigabit Ethernet describes different technologies | | | | Category 3, Category 4, and Category 5. |
| used for transferring Ethernet frames with a high | | | | Enhancement of these wires started with the |
| rate of gigabit per second. There are different | | | | Category 5e. The "e" in the Cat 5e means |
| standards of physical layers for Gigabit Ethernet | | | | "enhanced." This is similar to the older Cat 5 |
| like the 1000BASE-X, 1000BASE-T, and | | | | version only that the later version is intended for |
| 1000BASE-TX. Specific Gigabit Ethernet standards | | | | Near End Cross Talk. |
| are 1000BASE-CX, 1000-BX10, 1000BASE-LX, | | | | Meanwhile, later Cat 6 Wire version is also |
| 1000BASE-ZX, 1000BASE-SX, and 1000BASE-LH. | | | | available in the form of Category 7 Wire. This |
| Gigabit Ethernet using the Cat 6 Wire are only | | | | wire is made to support frequencies at a |
| limited to 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T, | | | | maximum of 600 MHz since the Cat 6 Wire is |
| and 10GBASE-T. | | | | only intended for about 250 MHz. |