1201 networking cables

UTP and STP max length

100 meters (300 feet)

Cat5

• 100BASE-TX (FastEthernet)

• 100 Mbps

• 100 meters

Cat5e

• 1000BASE-T

• 1 Gbps

• 100 meters

Cat6

• 1000BASE-T, 10GBASE-T

• 1 Gbps (1000BASE-T)

• 10 Gbps (10GBASE-T)

• 100 meters (1 Gbps)

• 55 meters (10 Gbps)

Cat6a

• 10GBASE-T

• 10 Gbps

• 100 meters

Cat7

• 10GBASE-T

• 10 Gbps

• 100 meters

• RJ45 or TERA

Cat8

• 40GBASE-T

• 40 Gbps

• 30 meters

T568A

green/white, green, orange/white, blue, blue/white, orange, brown/white, brown

T568B

• orange/white, orange, green/white, blue, blue/white, green, brown/white, brown

• main standard

straight-through cable

same pinout on both sides. connecting two different types of devices

crossover cable

different pinout on each side. connecting two devices of the same type

SC

• Subscriber connector

• AKA square connector

• stick and click mechanism

• two cables (transmit and receive) typically bundled together

ST

• straight tip connector

• sitck and twist mechanism

• separate transmit and receive cables

LC

• lucent connector

• stick and click

• smaller version of sc

• transmit and receive sides attached

mtrj

• mechanical transfer register jack

• transmit and receive pins in single connector

• half the size of other connectors

smf

• single-mode fiber

• narrow core

• long distances

• yellow sheath

mmf

• multi-mode fiber

• large core

• shorter distance

• aqua blue or orange sheath

RG-6

Thicker coaxial cable for cable modems and internet service

RG-59

Standard coaxial cable for composite video

TwinAxial

• two inner conductors for high-speed short-range connections

• up to 10Gbps

• 7 meters

BNC connector

Legacy push and twist coaxial connector

wire mapping tools

diagnose issues like open pairs, shorts, reverse pairs, cross pairs, and split pairs

open pair

conductors not connected

short

conductors touching within the cable

reverse pair

wires connected to opposite pins (polarity reversed)

cross pair

wires of one pair connected to another pair’s pins

cable certifier

• determines cable category, throughput, and length

• measures resistance and delay

66 block

punchdown block for analog phone cabling

110 block

punchdown block for network cabling or wall jacks

loopback plug

tests network ports by rerouting transmit signal to receive pins

network taps

split or copy network traffic for monitoring and analysis

wifi analyzer

• optimize wifi coverage and performance

• identifies ssids, signal strength, and channel usage

• provides floor plans or maps

u/utp

completely unshielded twisted pairs

f/utp

foil shielding over unshielded twisted pairs

s/utp

braided shield over unshielded twisted pairs

sf/utp

braided shield + foil shield over unshielded twisted pairs

u/ftp

unshielded foiled pairs

f/ftp

foil shielding over foiled pairs

s/ftp

braid shielding over foiled pairs

sf/ftp

braided shielding over foil shielding over foiled pairs