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3. Twisted-Pair Cable|
The Difference Between Cat 5e, Cat 6 and Cat 6A Performance Levels
When supporting Ethernet applications for twisted-pair cabling, the
guidelines below shall be considered. Different applications may require
different cabling performance levels to achieve desired distance requirements.
For example, 10 Gigabit Ethernet at 100 meters will require TIA Augmented
Cat 6 or ISO E A cabling.
Table 3.3 shows the maximum twisted-pair cabling distances from the
TIA wiring and IEEE Ethernet standards.
Table 3.3 – TIA Cat 5e Versus TIA Cat 6 Versus TIA Augmented Cat 6
Versus ISO Class E A
Data Rate TIA Cat 5e TIA Cat 6 TIA
Augmented
Cat 6
ISO Class E A
10 Mbps Yes Yes Yes Yes
100 Mbps Yes Yes Yes Yes
1 Gbps Yes Yes Yes Yes
10 Gbps
(55 m)
No
Yes
10 Gbps
(100 m) No No Yes Yes
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Yes
Yes