Residential Structured Wiring Its
not just a home anymore. It's a place to get things done-to stay connected
with the world. Its a place to be protected-to be monitored for security
and efficiency. Its a place to be entertained-to have a full lineup of
HDTV video, digital audio, and interactive choices at one's command.
Select from a premier line-up of UL-3 rated cables suited for in-wall
installation: Residential Composite, Cat6 cable, Cat5e cable and RG6
bulk cable manufactured by Avaya, Belden, Berk-Tek, Commscope, Superior Essex.
Office Structured Wiring If your
business depends on networking count on us for all of your structured
wiring Cat6 and Cat5e bulk cable needs. The Cat6 and Cat5e UTP cables we carry allow
voice-data convergence and support for Gigabit Ethernet. Choose from
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and Superior Essex. Available in both plenum and non-plenum Standards supported:
10/100/1000BaseT, 155/622 ATM, 568A/B. Wire and cable specifications available.
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Residential Composite (Cat5e/Cat6 + Coax + Fiber)Composite cable with coax cat5E or Cat6 and optional fiber optic cable. Also called Combo cable, 2x2 cable. For future-proofing residential installs one cable drop per room is recommended.
Category
6 Cabling - A Standards and Systems Overview - TIA Category 6 Consortium
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Cat3
(Category 3) - Unshielded twisted pair with 100 ohm impedance
and electrical characteristics supporting transmission at
frequencies up to 16 MHz. May be used with 10Base-T, 100Base-T4,
and 100Base-T2 Ethernet. (Obsolete)
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Cat5
(Category 5) - Unshielded twisted pair with 100 ohm impedance
and electrical characteristics supporting transmission at
frequencies up to 100 MHz. May be used with 10Base-T, 100Base-T4,
100Base-T2, and 100Base-TX Ethernet. May support 1000Base-T, but
cable should be tested. (Superceded by Cat5e)
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Cat5e
(Category 5e) - "Enhanced Cat 5" exceeds Cat 5
performance. Very similar to Cat 5, it has improved specifications
for NEXT (Near End Cross Talk), PSELFEXT (Power Sum Equal Level
Far End Cross Talk), and Attenuation. May be used for 10Base-T,
100Base-T4, 100Base-T2, 100BaseTX and 1000Base-T Ethernet. (Minimum
acceptable wiring grade)
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Cat6
(Category 6) - Unshielded twisted pair with 100 ohm impedance
and electrical characteristics supporting transmission at
frequencies up to 100 MHz. May be used with 10Base-T, 100Base-T4,
100Base-T2, and 100Base-TX Ethernet. May support 1000Base-T, but
cable should be tested.
A Quick
Comparison of Cat5, Cat5e and Cat6 Standards
As of 6/18/2002
Maximum Test Frequency
TIA Cat5 TIA-568-A (Obsolete) Oct-95
TIA Cat5e TIA-568-B Final May-01
TIA Cat6 TIA-568-B-2.1 Final Jun-02
100 MHz
100 MHz
100 MHz
Values @ 100 MHz
Insertion Loss*(The
Lower the number the better) *Also Referred to as
Attenuation
(dB)
(dB)
(dB)
Cable
22.0
22.0
19.8
Connector
0.4
0.4
0.2
Channel
24.0
24.0
21.3
NEXT (Near End Cross Talk,
higher is better)
Cable
32.3
35.3
44.3
Connector
40.0
43.0
54.0
Channel
27.1
30.1
39.9
ELFEXT ( Equal Level Far End
Cross Talk, higher is better )
Cable
not specified
23.8
27.8
Connector
not specified
35.1
43.1
Channel
not specified
17.4
23.3
Return Loss (The higher the
number, the better solution)
