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Know Your Twisted Pair Categories

In this episode of The Broadcast Storm, you'll learn the bandwidth capacities and distance limitations for a wide range of twisted pair network cabling.

Here's a quick reference:

  • Category 3
    • Common Use: 10BASE-T and 100BASE-T4
    • Distance Limitation: 100m
  • Category 5
    • Common Use: 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T
    • Distance Limitation: 100m
  • Category 5e 
    • Common Use: 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T
    • Distance Limitation: 100m
  • Category 6 
    • Common Use: 1000BASE-T, 5GBASE-T, and10GBASE
    • Distance Limitation: 100m (55m for 10GBASE-T)
  • Category 6a 
    • Common Use: 1000BASE-T, 5GBASE-T, and 10GBASE-T
    • Distance Limitation: 100m
  • Category 7 
    • Common Use: 5GBASE-T, 10GBASE-T and POTS/CATV/1000BASE-T
    • Distance Limitation: 100m
  • Category 8 
    • Common Use: 25GBASE-T and 40GBASE-T
    • Distance Limitation: 30-36m (intended for data centers)

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