Cat5e Straight Through Patch Cable

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Cat5e straight through patch cable.

Virtually all pre assembled patch cables are wired to the b standard. For use with 10 100 1000 mbps networks. However there isn t any straight through form of cable when it comes to fibre patch cable. Cat5e ethernet straight through patch cable stp overall foil shield rj45 male to rj45 male 3ft cable length blue.

Both ends use the same wiring standard. In other words patch cable does not change or swap along its way. It is most often used to connect two devices of the same type e g. There is no difference in connectivity between 568b and 568a cables.

It is often used when connecting computing devices of the same type or two switches to each other. So a patch cable is often called a straight through cable. So both side connector a and connector b of patch cable have wire arrangement with same patch cable colors as shown in the following picture. When we talk about cat5e patch cables the straight through wired cat5e patch cable is used to connect computers printers and other network client devices to the router switch or hub the host device in this instance.

This type of cable is also sometimes called a patch cable and is an alternative to wireless connections where one or more computers access a router through a wireless signal. Shielded housing protects against emi rfi. It allows you to extend the length of a cat5e patch cable by adding another cat5e patch cable. Therefore a 568b patch cable should work fine on a 568a cabling system and visa versa.

The type of cable that is required depends on the application. Straight through ethernet cables are the most commonly used. For patch cables 568 b wiring is by far the most common wiring method. Re use of old cables.

Patch cables can come in two different wiring applications. Ethernet crossover cable is a type of crossover cable for ethernet. Two computers via their network interface controllers or two switches to each other by contrast patch cables or straight through cables are used to connect devices of different types such as a computer to a. The straight through wired cat5e patch cable can connect the router switch or hub the host device in this instance to computers printers and other network client devices.

An ethernet crossover cable is a crossover cable for ethernet used to connect computing devices together directly.