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Type
Description
Category 5e
Suitable for data transmission at a maximum speed of 1000 Mbps, with a
bandwidth of 100 MHz.
Category 6
Suitable for data transmission at a speed higher than 1 Gbps, with a bandwidth of
250 MHz.
Based on pinouts
Ethernet twisted pair cables can be classified into straight through and crossover cables based on their
pinouts.
Straight-through: The pinouts at both ends comply with standard 568B. See
Figure 47
.
Crossover: The pinouts at one end comply with standard 568B, and those at the other end comply with
standard 568A. See
Figure 48
.
Figure 47
Straight-through cable
Straight-through cable
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