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Hello.

I was looking at a product called CAT6E ( enhanced) which was said it was rated at 550mhz.

* I'm assuming it was tested with positive ACR rating at that speed.

Now, I have heard of CAT6, Cat6A, CAT5, CAT5E, etc but I never heard of CAT6E?

I guess the idea is that CAT6 cable rated over 500mhz can theoretically go up to 10Gbps speed instead of 1Gbps?

Do you think this is marketing hype and what they really mean is CAT6A cable since its rated over 500mhz?

Thanks for your help.

Didn't you already post something to this same effect? I think it would be best if you would explain to us what you are trying to accomplish.

There is cable for sale which I was considering buying. The seller told me it said " CAT 6 enhanced) however I'm wondering if such a product exist or if he got confused for CAT 5 enhanced.

Bottle line: Is there such a thing as CAT6E(enhanced) cable or only CAT 6A cable and Cat5E?

Sorry, this probably should have been in the other post instead of starting a new one.

Thanks.

I would ask who makes the cable. There is no Cat6e standard to my knowledge, but there are companies making Cat6 cable that they market as being "enhanced". Superior Essex for example makes NextGain® Category 6eX cable. It's still Cat6, the eX is just their own marketing mumbo jumbo.

You might be able to get 10Gig a bit further over these enhanced Cat6 products vs. the cheaper versions. If you really are planning to run 10Gig though, you'd be better off skipping the guess work and using Cat6a.

Is the 10Gig NIC cards something out now or maybe something a few years in the future?

I did a quick search and found tons of the 1Gig stuff but did not see any 10Gig network adapters.

Do you know of any that are out now for coper cable(not fiber) ?

Thanks

If there is anything on the market now, it's very new and it's very expensive. 10/100 is more than adequate for most homes. Your internet connection is only a fraction of that anyways. Gig is pretty common now for NICs, but you're still going to pay a bit of a premium for a switch with gig ports. And when 10Gig NICs and switches make it to the market, you can bet they'll also be expensive.

Now that I have a better picture of what you're doing though, I think the enhanced Cat6 will do you just fine. Most of your runs will probably be short enough to get 10Gig out of them, if and when it ever comes to that.

Anixter has some cat 6E cable very expensive. Nordex has jacks, patch panels and patch cords. The patch cords are solid wire. It is interesting to see that cable is getting bigger around. I quoted a job and the IT guy figured that cat 6 wasn't good enough for his new shop farm dealer, shop. I didn't get the job, wasn't able to test. My Fluke dtx 1200 can't test 6E.

For most resi installs C5E is going to be sufficient. But, as I stated in the other thread standards-compliant CAT-6 will *should* support 10GBASE-T for up to 55m, give or take depending on the quality of the cable, components, and installation workmanship.

Yes, the cables are getting bigger around. This is a function of many things. Sometimes mfgs use heavier copper gauge (23awg) for better electrical performance, there can be a plastic divider in the middle to help with crosstalk, and the jacket of the cable is thicker to help with ANEXT.

However, it isn't that the thickness of the jacket "blocks" the ANEXT in any way, rather the heavier jackets impose a limit on how many cables can fit into a given area thereby reducing the amount of cables that can induce their signal upon the "victim cable/pair."