Cat 5, 5E, 6, and 6A Cables - Distance and Speed Limitations By Mike Jarrett A simplified summary of the specs for

the most common categories in use today can help you determine what is right for you. FREQUENCY-DISTANCE Category 5-100 mbps-100 meters (328 feet) Category 5e-1 Gigabit/sec-100 meters (328 feet) Category 6- 3 Gigabit/sec-100 meters (328 feet) Category 6A- 10 Gigabit/sec-100 meters (328 feet) If you have very short runs, you may be able to use the cable at a lower rating than officially required. For example, on a 10 Gigabit application it is usually possible to go up to 35 meters on a Category 6 cable. Another possible application is a 30 foot run at 3 Gigabit on a Cat 5e cable which should work correctly because its such a short run. If you have the luxury of trying out short applications you may be able to operate with cable rated at one lower category than the 100 meter rated cable for the required speed. There are also considerations when the cable runs near power lines or fluorescent lights where there is a possibility of increased crosstalk, that may have to be dealt with. In a well designed Data Center cable layout, there are often 4 separate layers of cables including copper cables, fiber cables, power cables, and ground lines. Certain cable layouts have crosstalk considerations that can indicate the use of (ScTP) overall shielded pairs, or (STP) shielded pairs and overall shielding rather than (UTP) unshielded twisted pair cable. Installation is also very important to make sure that the system supplies the standards that the components are designed to. Sloppy punch downs on the 110 Patch Panels may effect the system operation. Also a Cat5E Jumper put serially into a system of Cat 6 cable components will bring the entire Cat 6 run down to a Cat 5e level or less. Finally it is important to design the data system with the future requirements in mind. If the system will have to be upgraded in the foreseeable future to handle higher frequencies or longer runs or a combination of both, it is usually much more costly when the labor charges are taken into consideration to have to make any major changes. Therefore the level of cable should include the increased capability required in the future, on the initial installation. Server Racks and Cable Inc. provides both Cat 5E and Cat 6 to Fortune 500 companies, governments, and military agencies. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mike_Jarrett

utp Son unas siglas que pueden referirse a: Unshielded Twisted Pair: un tipo de cableado utilizado principalmente para comunicaciones.(1)

Es un cable de pares trenzados y sin recubrimiento metlico externo, de modo que es sensible a las interferencias; sin embargo, al estar trenzado compensa las inducciones electromagnticas producidas por las lneas del mismo cable. Es importante guardar la numeracin de los pares, ya que de lo contrario el efecto del trenzado no ser eficaz, disminuyendo sensiblemente, o incluso impidiendo, la capacidad de transmisin. Es un cable barato, flexible y sencillo de instalar. La impedancia de un cable UTP es de 100 ohmios. Como el nombre lo indica, "unshielded twisted pair" (UTP), es un cable que no tiene revestimiento o blindaje entre la cubierta exterior y los cables. El UTP se utiliza comnmente para aplicaciones de REDES Ethernet, el trmino UTP generalmente se refiere a los cables categora 3, 4 y 5 especificados por el estndar TIA/EIA 568-A standard.

Tipos de cables UTP:

Categora 1: Utilizado para voz solamente Categora 2: Datos 4 Mbps Categora 3: UTP con impedancia de 100 ohm y carcter siticas elctricas que soportan frecuencias de transmisin de hasta 16 MHz. Definida por la especificacin TIA/EIA 568-A specification Categora 4: UTP con impedancia de 100 ohm y carcter rsiticas elctricas que soportan frecuencias de transmisin de hasta 20 MHz. Definida por la especificacin TIA/EIA 568-A. Categora 5: UTP con 100 ohm de impedancia y carcter siticas elctricas que soportan frecuencias de transmisin de hasta 100 MHz. Definida por la especificacin TIA/EIA 568-A specification. El cable debe ser probado para asegurar que cumple con las especificaciones de la categora 5e (CAT 5 enhanced "mejorada"). CAT 5e es un nuevo estndar que soportar velocidades an mayores de 100 Mbps y consiste de un cable par trenzado.(3)