CABLE CATEGORIES AND

CONNECTIONS

DE GUZMAN, DAVE CARLO E.

BSECE 5A
CABLE CATEGORIES
 CATEGORIES DESCRIPTION
CAT 5 • One of the older categories of copper wire data cable
• Year 1995
• 10 to 100 Mbps at a distance up to 100 meters

CAT 5E • Less crosstalk and noise

• 1 Gigabit speed

CAT 6 • Launched in 2002

• Copper wire is being more tightly than CAT 5
• Became dominant cable in the market
• It can boast Gigabit Ethernet at a distance of 100m and
10 Gigabit Ethernet up to 55m
• Compatible with CAT 5 Cabling
• Bandwidth of 250 MHz
 CATEGORIES DESCRIPTION
CAT 6A • Double the bandwidth of CAT 6 of 500 Mhz
• Ratified for 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• 90 meters with patch and 100 meters for direct link

CAT 7 • Thicker layer of shielding

• Reduces the deterioration of data transmissions
• It can transmit up to 40Gb at a distance of 50 meters;
100 Gb at 15 meters
• Reduced the flexibility
• It lacks total backwards compatibility

CAT 8 • 40 Gbps and a bandwidth capacity of 2000Mhz

• 30 meters limit
• It is more recommended for connecting short distances
in a network
STRAIGHT-THROUGH, CROSSOVER, AND ROLLOVER WIRING
 CABLE DESCRIPTION WIRING DIAGRAM
STRAIGHT THROUGH Straight-through cable is a type of CAT5
with RJ-45 connectors at each end, and
each has the same pin out. It is in
accordance with either the T568A or
T568B standards. It uses the same color
code throughout the LAN for consistency.
This type of twisted-pair cable is used in
LAN to connect a computer or a network
hub such as a router. It is one of the most
common types of network cable.

CROSSOVER A Crossover cable is a type of CAT 5

where one end isT568A configuration and
the other end as T568BConfiguration. In
this type of cable connection, Pin 1 is
crossed with Pin 3, and Pin 2 is crossed
with Pin 6.
Crossover cable is used to connect two or
more computing devices. The internal
wiring of crossover cables reverses the
transmission and receive signals. It is
widely used to connect two devices of the
same type: e.g., two computers or two
switches to each other.
 CABLE DESCRIPTION WIRING DIAGRAM
ROLLOVER CABLE Rollover cable is a type of null-
modem cable that is used to connect
a computer terminal to a
router's console port. This cable is typically
flat (and has a light blue color) to help
distinguish it from other types of network
cabling. It gets the name rollover because
the pinouts on one end are reversed from
the other, as if the wire had been rolled
over and you were viewing it from the
other side.
HUB, SWITCH, AND ROUTERS
 TEMPLATE HUB SWITCH ROUTER
Layer Physical layer Data link layer Network layer
To connect a network of Allow connections to
personal computers multiple devices, manage
Function Direct data in a network
together, they can be joined ports, manage VLAN
through a central hub security settings
Data Transmission form electrical signal or bits frame & packet packet
multi-port, usually between
Port 4/12 ports 2/4/5/8 ports
4 and 48
First broadcast, then
Frame flooding, unicast, At Initial Level Broadcast
Transmission type unicast and/or multicast
multicast or broadcast then Uni-cast and multicast
depends on the need
Device type Non-intelligent device Intelligent device Intelligent device
Used in(LAN, MAN, WAN) LAN LAN LAN, MAN, WAN
Transmission mode Half duplex Half/Full duplex Full duplex
1-100Mbps(wireless);
Speed 10Mbps 10/100Mbps, 1Gbps
100Mbps-1Gbps(wired)
Address used for data
MAC address MAC address IP address
transmission