Rated to 250MHz, this 0.25m CAT6 lead carries Gigabit Ethernet at up to 100 metres, with 10GBASE-T possible on shorter links of around 55 metres. It is the everyday choice for offices, homes and small comms rooms.
The cable uses unscreened twisted pairs (U/UTP), which is all most homes and offices need. The sheath is LSZH, meaning it produces little smoke and no halogen gases in a fire; many commercial and public buildings ask for it. Thin 32 AWG conductors give a slim cable of roughly 2.8mm that bends easily and packs densely into busy switches. Slim leads are designed for patching, so keep them to the shorter lengths used inside cabinets and at desks.
It is sized for in-rack patching between a panel and the switch directly above or below it. Choosing red leads for one job (cameras, phones or uplinks, say) makes faults quicker to trace later.
Specification
- Cable category: CAT6
- Length: 0.25m
- Colour: Red
- Screening: U/UTP
- Conductor size: 32 AWG
- Sheath: LSZH
- Plugs: RJ45 to RJ45
- Bandwidth: 250MHz
