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<blockquote data-quote="Jason Lavoie" data-source="post: 51077" data-attributes="member: 159"><p>Re: Cat 6 instead of Cat 5</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>the wire may be thicker to help those using POE, but you can buy cat5 in thicker versions as well.</p><p>the biggest change, and the one that matters the most is the twist rate of the wires. in Cat6 they are twisted almost as tight as physically possible.</p><p>the twists are each a tiny loop that receives interference, and every second loop is backwards, which as I understand it cancels out most of the interference received by the previous loop.</p><p>also, I think I read somewhere that the twist rate of each of the pairs is slightly different so that the twists of one pair don't line up with the others in order to minimize crosstalk.</p><p></p><p>Jason</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jason Lavoie, post: 51077, member: 159"] Re: Cat 6 instead of Cat 5 the wire may be thicker to help those using POE, but you can buy cat5 in thicker versions as well. the biggest change, and the one that matters the most is the twist rate of the wires. in Cat6 they are twisted almost as tight as physically possible. the twists are each a tiny loop that receives interference, and every second loop is backwards, which as I understand it cancels out most of the interference received by the previous loop. also, I think I read somewhere that the twist rate of each of the pairs is slightly different so that the twists of one pair don't line up with the others in order to minimize crosstalk. Jason [/QUOTE]
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