Belkin Cat 5 Cable
Belkin Components is considered to be one of the leading manufacturers of hardware
and Ethernet products from all over the globe. Most retailers of hardware products
will stock Belkin products, and its products are also available easily online.
Belkin products are also considered as standard by other network products manufacturers.
One of the chief products of Belkin is its vast array of cables for network
connections. Belkin itself describes its cables as workhorses, compared to the
street that can connect your house with all the other houses in the neighborhood.
Belkin has different kinds of cables according to specification. Let us learn
something about the different varieties of Belkin Cat5 cables that are available.
There are six main types of Belkin Cat5 cables that are prevalent. The following
is a short summary of each of them:-
- Belkin Patch Cable Red - The Belkin Patch Cable is a six feet long, red
colored cable that works in LAN, Ethernet and fast Ethernet cable environment.
It contains eight copper wires of 24 AWG (American Wire Gauge) standard, which
are twisted into four pairs. As the name suggests, it is a patch cable, and
can be connected to only one external device at a time. It is compliant with
the RJ45 plug.
- Belkin Patch Cable White - This cable is very similar to the Belkin Patch
Cable Red in length and specifications. The only difference is that it is
white in color. Like the red cable, it is also available in snagless molded
strain relief boots that allows it to be attached without any problem to the
RJ45 male plug.
- Belkin Crossover Cable - This is an Ethernet cable that is classified as
a Cat 5 UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cable. It works on an external network,
and is red in color. It is three feet in length. The cable is compliant with
the RJ45 male plug. It can be connected to only one external device at a time.
- Belkin 14' Patch Cable - This is a very powerful Belkin Cat 5 cable. It
is fourteen feet in length and is classified as a patch cable. It contains
four twisted pairs of copper wires that are kept unshielded. It is to be connected
on both sides by an RJ45 male plug. The cable is easily recognized by its
blue color.
- Belkin 100' Patch Cable - This is a Cat 5 patch cable that is 100 feet in
length. It is made of UTP technology, and is useful for LAN connections within
office environments where several computers have to be connected to each other.
It is connected to the RJ45 male plug at both ends.
- Belkin 500' Bulk Cable - The 500 feet long Belkin Cat 5 cable is the longest
cable in this category that the company produces. It is used for bulk connections
in workplace environments, where it can produce high transmission rates with
minimum distortion of data due to interference. Intrinsically the cable is
same as the others, as it contains eight copper wires connected in an UTP
form. It is green in color.
All Belkin Cat5 cables come with a limited lifetime warranty. They are priced
between $3 and $71; the price depends mostly on the length of the cable. They
are all complain with the standards set by the EIA/TIA-568 Category 5.
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