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Copper Patch Cable

In-Depth Look at Stranded and Solid Ethernet Cable

As we know, Ethernet patch cable can be divided into unshielded and shielded Ethernet cable (also referred to as UTP and STP cable) according to whether it is to be shielded. Except that, the Ethernet patch cable can also be divided into i…

Cat 6a Shielded Cable vs. Cat 6a Unshielded Cable

As the need for high bandwidth and fast data transmission rate is on the rise, the deployment of 10G Ethernet network becomes much more common and popular than ever before. Cat 6a cabling, the most proper cabling infrastructure for deployi…

Shielded Ethernet Cable—a Good Choice for Deploying Network in High EMI Area

At present, the Ethernet patch cable can be simply divided into shielded Ethernet cable and unshielded Ethernet cable, both of which have their features and advantages. Considering that, is there any difficulty for you to decide which one …

Cat6a Ethernet Cable—an Augmented Version of Cat6 Ethernet Cable

Due to the growing requirements of the network, the data transmission speed of the Ethernet network has constantly increased, from initially 100 megabits per second in Fast Ethernet network to 1 gigabit per second in Gigabit Ethernet netwo…

28 AWG Copper Cable Solution

When designing the wired network, you may hesitate in making a decision about which kind of network patch cable should be chosen as there are more and more kinds of network patch cables published and available on the market day by day. In …

Cat 7 Patch Cable—an Ideal Solution for Ethernet Cabling

When we talk about “future proofing” in electronic industry, we’ll find it difficult to define it as the technology and science changes so fast to meet the constantly growing needs. We used to regarded the cat 5e, cat 6 and cat 6a patch ca…

What Is the Crossover Cable?

There is no doubt that the straight through cable has a high performance in the applications where two different types of devices need to be connected, for instance, the connection between a computer and a network switch or hub. However, i…

Guides for Selecting Ethernet Patch Cable

Ethernet patch cable, the copper-based patch cable, may perform not so good as fiber optic patch cable in deploying Ethernet network, but it is still very commonly used in many applications, such as PCs, routers, and switches, as an access…