Ethernet Cables

General Info

Ethernet over twisted-pair technologies use twisted-pair cables for the physical layer of an Ethernet computer network. They are a subset of all Ethernet physical layers.

Cable Catergories

Category	Max Speeds	Bandwidth
Cat 5	100 Mbps	100 MHz
Cat 5e	1,000 Mbps	100 MHz
Cat 6	1,000 Mbps	250 MHz
Cat 6a	10,000 Mbps	500 MHz
Cat 7a	10,000 Mbps	600 MHz
Cat 7a	10,000 Mbps	1,000 MHz
Cat 8	40,000 Mbps	2,000 MHz