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How to distinguish 250M Ethernet network cable and 100M patch cable in current engineering?

November 26, 2020

How to distinguish Gigabit Ethernet Network Cable and 100M Patch Cable in current engineering?

With the development of its economy, the speed of the network directly affects our daily life. 

Do you know that the Ethernet cables for example CAT6 Ethernet network cable, CAT5E Ethernet cables, those cables are also divided into different rates? 

100M Ethernet Patch Cable, Gigabit network Ethernet Cable. The 100 Mbps network cable is used, and in what kind of scenario, the Gigabit network cable is used. This article will explain in detail. 


Gigabit Ethernet cables and 100 megabit Ethernet cables are generally distinguished by the specification or parameters of the network cable.
(1) Gigabit Ethernet cable
In general, the transmission rate of Cat6 Category 6 cable is 1000 Mbps, while the transmission rate of Cat6a Category 6 and above is more than 10 Gbps. Therefore, the Cat6 Category 6 cable is called Gigabit cable.
(2) 100M Ethernet cable
Usually, the main transmission rate of Cat5e Super Category 5 cable is between 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps. It can also be used for Gigabit transmission under certain conditions, but the effect is not good. The main transmission rate of Cat5 Category 5 cable is 100 Mbps, so Cat5e will be used. The Super Category 5 network cable and the Cat5 Category 5 network cable are called 100M network cables.
But in fact, we need to know that the cable specification guarantees the electrical transmission performance, not the network speed. The actual network speed is not only related to the network cable, but also has a great relationship with the terminal equipment.
How to choose Gigabit patch cable and 100M patch cable
Faced with different network transmission requirements, Gigabit network and 100M network cables can play different roles. When the required transmission rate is mainly 1000 Mbps, the Gigabit Ethernet cable is used; when the required maximum transmission rate does not exceed 1000 Mbps, the 100M network cable can be used. The following shows the related cases of Gigabit Ethernet and 100M Ethernet:
(1) Cat6 Gigabit Cable – Horizontal Cabling Solution

When you need to carry out horizontal cabling of Gigabit networks, you can choose Cat6 unshielded (UTP) Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet cable with card slot protection design and RJ45 connector for stable transmission of Gigabit network. 

(2) Cat5e Ethernet cables of 100M network cable – Ethernet fiber optic transceiver wiring scheme

The Cat5e Ethernet cables unshielded (UTP) card slot 100 Mbps cable is designed for connection to Ethernet media transceivers and Ethernet switches.


to sum up
In fact, we can see from the above that the Gigabit Ethernet cable and the 100M Ethernet cable are a relatively rough division. If you really want to subdivide, you need to divide it with Cat5, Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a, etc., and then according to the parameters. Analysis and purchase.

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