Category 5e Cabling

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One of the most critical factors in running a successful IT or Voice Network, is reliable cabling.

Older cabling systems using Co-axial cable (often referred to as Thin Ethernet, Cheapernet, or BNC) are slow, inflexible and unreliable and hence are not suitable for today’s networks.

Cat5e Cabling EIA/TIA Specifications

Frequency Range

1-100 MHz

Attenuation

24 dB

ELFEXT

17.4 dB

NEXT

30.1 dB

Power sum ELFEXT

14.4 dB

Power sum NEXT

27.1 dB

Return Loss

10 dB

ACR

6.1 dB

Propagation Delay

548 ns

Power sum ACR

3.1 dB

Delay Skew

50 ns