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CAT6 wire pair details?

Does anyone know where I can find the specs for what each wire inside CAT 6 does? Specifically, which are for sending, and which are for receiving? Both 100mbit and 1Gbit specs would be useful, thank you in advance...
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Does Cat5e patch cables on a Cat6 network degrade performance?

Let's suppose I have a building run on Cat6 cables. The lines are certified for Gigabit speeds. I have Gigabit switches. I am not going for 10Gbps anywhere. Now, on my patch panels, I would prefer to use stranded Cat5e because they are thinner and…
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Cat 5/6 Software based cable certification

Is there any software that will certify cable using only two NIC's and software to run the test? Would a NIC be able to test a cable based on the physical internals that it's made of? I'm basically trying to find the cheapest option that I can…
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Requirements for correct termination of Cat6 in patch panel

A company I work for recently paid "a professional" to wire an office with Cat6 cable including terminating the RJ45 jacks in a patch panel. When I looked at the patch panel I saw that the wires had not been terminated in the patch panel in…
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Can unjacketed cable handle gigabit speeds?

Looking at taking over management of an old network that was done in 2004. Surprisingly, for the time, it is category 6 cable. About 200 ports in each of 5 IDFs, all running PoE. But I'm worried the cross-connects are unusable for a modern network.…
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Why is cat6 required for long cable runs?

I'm glancing over a Ubuiquiti airFiber radio starter guide and it says "outdoor shielded 5e or above cabling should be used for all wired Ethernet connections. Category 6 is required for installations with long cable runs (up to 100m)." Aside from…
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Identifying a CAT6 cable in a bundle

We had a contractor wire up our office with all the cables leading back to a central location. The only problem is that he didn't label anything, so we have no idea which cables go to which room. One end of the cable is terminated in a wall-jack (in…
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Where to purchase quality network cable?

I'm interested to know where other folks buy networking cable in bulk. Many of the places I've found appear somewhat "iffy", and I'd like to buy from a reputable outfit that will be around the next time I need to order. What's particularly…
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Is there a minimum distance between UPS and Cat 6 cabling?

We've just re-wired our Sales Office using Cat 6 cabling into a new data rack. The cable loops down at the base, in case we need to use that slack in the future to re-terminate it, or to cover any other eventuality. This spare cable currently sits…
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How Many Wires Are in an Ethernet Cord?

Bought a spool of wire for networking. Ran it a long distance and thought we could hook up the wires to a plug at the end (not sure how to describe this). However the spool of cord/wire we bought is only 6 wires while an ethernet plug is 8. Can we…
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Can Cat6A connector fit to normal gigabit network switch?

Cat 6A cable is thicker than Cat6 cable. For a Cat6 cable and connector, we can plug into any network switch that has RJ45 connector even a 100Mbps network switch. Just wonder if I use Cat6A cable and Cat6A connector, can I plug it into the normal…
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shielded cat 6 cable

I am installing shielded cat6 cable for a building and i noticed that the green and blue pairs in the cable are thicker than the orange and brown pairs. I tried to install a cat6 rj45 but the pairs that where thicker did not fit. Is there a specific…
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Is there a way to measure the speed after changing over from CAT 5/ CAT 5e to CAT6?

We have recently done a change in our network by using CAT 6 cabling. Now I would like to measure the speed difference when I use Cat 5 or Cat5 e and Cat 6. Is there a way to find out the same?
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Had cat5e cable and got 1000mbps, upgraded segment of it to cat6, now limited to 100mbps

I have a setup in my home that goes something like this: [cable modem] -> [Netgear Gigabit switch UPSTAIRS] -> [Netgear Gigabit Switch DOWNSTAIRS] -> [Netgear Gigabit Switch OFFICE] -> [My PC] Now, I previously had cat5e throughout the place, and…
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Cat5 to Cat5e to Cat6

So my CNC has cat5 ran throughout the interior body, on the exterior of the machine it has a cat5 connection. I plugged that into a converter extension to cat5e. I connected my 5ft cat5e to a switch. From the switch I have cat6 to my router. Is…
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