Data Cabling
DATA CABLING
As the worlds technology evolves the greater the demand for faster communication and response. You find yourself as a business owner trying to keep up with latest and greatest or you might just find yourself stuck with outdated technology that is not future proof.
Datalan offers a full spectrum of high speed data connectivity products, ensuring that our customers have the best data solution that is scalable and future proof.
CAT 5e
Short for Category 5 Enhanced, Cat 5e network cabling is used as a cabling infrastructure for 10BASE-T (Ethernet), full duplex 100BASE-TX (Fast Ethernet) and 1000BASE-T (Gigabit Ethernet, or GbE) networks.
The Cat 5e standard provides performance of up to 100 MHz and can be used up to a maximum length of 100 meters.
The Cat 5e standard was first released in 1999 as part of the Telecommunications Industry Association’s TIA/EIA-568-5-A document specification.
The Cat 5e cable standard is backward compatible with the Cat 3 and Cat 5 cable standards
CAT 6
Cat-6 network cabling is used as the cabling infrastructure for 10BASE-T (Ethernet), 100BASE-TX (Fast Ethernet), 1000BASE-T (Gigabit Ethernet, or GbE) and 10GBASE-T (10-Gigabit Ethernet, or 10 GbE) networks.
The Cat 6 standard provides performance of up to 250 MHz (500 MHz for the newer Cat 6a standard) and can be used up to a maximum length of 100 meters (55meters for 10GBASE-T networks).
The Cat 6 standard was first released in 2002 as part of the Telecommunications Industry Association’s TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1 document specification. Cat 6 is backward compatible with the Cat 3, Cat 5 and Cat 5E.
CAT 6A
Cat6A is a unique Ethernet design in a few areas.
These design difference manifest in direct, specific performance difference and in qualitative attributes. For the specifics, Cat6A maintains a maximum bandwidth of 500 MHz.
This is double the bandwidth of Cat6, and it bears important consequences. Chief among those is that Cat6A can maintain 10 Gbps data rates at distances up to 100 meters. This is roughly double the difference of Cat6.
Cat6A also improves on crosstalk mitigation. The design features two more twists than Cat6, and it has additional insulation around the copper wires. This leads to exceptional improvement in reducing alien crosstalk between entirely separate data cables. You can also get shielded Cat6A that pushes these advancements even further.
CONNECTIVITY HARDWARE
As with all types of network cables it is of utmost importance to have the correct connectivity hardware to complete the job. Although you get various types of imported connectivity products it does not mean they are all the same! Some imported products will barely comply with the ISO/IEC 11801 and can cause major connection and loss of data packets in the long run
Ensure that all your products that you purchase are from a reputable reseller or importer.