Belkin Ethernet Cable
Ethernet cables are used to connect different computers and peripheral components
that are on a network. Today, with many companies having several computers working
together in a local area network, it becomes important to connect them through
Ethernet cables. Belkin Components is one of the world's largest manufacturers
of Ethernet cables. These cables are manufactured for all kinds of cable categories,
mainly the ones in use today, such as the Cat 5, Cat 5e and the Cat 6 cables.
These cables are of differing lengths and suited to different purposes. Belkin
Ethernet cables are manufactured strictly according to prevailing industry standards,
and they are themselves taken as standards by other manufacturers for manufacturing
their own cables.
All Belkin Ethernet cables are made of the UTP technology, which stands for
Unshielded Twisted Pair. This is a prevalent structure for manufacturing cables.
Here, eight copper wires are taken, and they are twisted around each other,
two at a time, to make four twisted pairs. They are color coded for identification.
In each pair there is a fully colored and a half colored wire. The colors used
are orange, green, blue and brown. Hence the eight wires will be orange, orange/white,
green, green/white, blue, blue/white and brown, brown/white. These are then
introduced into an outer sheath, which forms the basic structure of the cables.
This kind of a cable is called as a UTP cable. Belkin Ethernet cables are all
made with the UTP technology.
Another common feature of the Belkin network cables is that they are all compliant
with the RJ45 plug. The RJ45 plug is considered as the American standard for
making cables. They can be connected at both ends to the RJ45 male plugs, which
makes it possible for them to transmit data from one end to another.
The main features of the Belkin network cables for which they are known are:-
- High speed of transmission - in the higher Belkin Cat 6 cables, they can
transmit as much as 10 to 100 Gbps.
- High bandwidth of transmission
- Very low crosstalk interference - this enables the data to be received at
the other end without any disturbance or distortion
- Ability to carry over data to long distances - there are Belkin Ethernet
cables that are as much as 500 feet long. They can carry data over this distance
without even a fraction of a loss of data.
The following are six of the leading Belkin Ethernet cables that are used in
the market. Their outer sheath colors are mentioned in brackets. These are the
colors buyers use to identify the products. It is also mentioned which category
of cables they belong to and their uses:-
- Belkin 7' Ethernet Patch Cable (black): This is a Cat 5e cable, compliant
with Cat 5 connections. It is used in connections of a local area network.
- Belkin 10' Ethernet Patch Cable (black): This is a network Cat 5e cable,
compliant with Cat 5 connections also.
- Belkin 14' FastCAT Ethernet Patch Cable (black): This is a Cat 5 cable,
which works in LAN, hub environment and Ethernet connections.
- Belkin 25' Ethernet Patch Cable (black): This is a Cat 5e cable, which is
backward compatible with Cat 5 also. Its main use is as a network cable.
- Belkin 50' Ethernet Patch Cable (black): This is a Cat 5e cable, backward
compliant with Cat 5.
- Belkin Cat 6 Ethernet 1000Base T-cable (green): This is a huge 1000 feet
used for bulk connections, which is a heavy-duty Cat 6 cable. This cable is
used for heavy Gigabit Ethernet networks, and above that. Belkin compares
this cable as transmitting data equal to traveling at 100mph on a freeway!
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