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    Patch Cables: Refers to electrical and optical cables like Cat5 cables and Optical cables. However, patch cables/cords can be: single-conductor wires that use banana connectors coaxial cables using BNC connectors Ethernet Cat5, Cat5e , Cat6, Cat6a Optical fiber cables. What makes a patch cable is its length. Due to its primary use of connecting patch panels, the cables need to be short.  Crossover Cables: Used when connecting two devices of the same kind to transfer data. Example, if you have a broken computer at home, you can extract the information out with a different computer using a crossover cable to connect the other device without the use of hubs or routers.

We usually limit our knowledge of electrical world to the utilities we enjoy and do not dive much into it. However, it is important to know that data networks and Local area networks cannot work smoothly without cables. For the past 7 years, CAT6A cables have gained a lot of popularity for supporting support bandwidths up to 250 MHz and Gigabit network applications. CAT6 “A” is nothing but an augmented version of CAT6 cable that supports data rates of 10G up to 100 meters. In this blog, our major purpose is to acquaint you with the advantages and applications of CAT6A Ethernet cable . But before we do that, we will know the difference between CAT6 and Cat6A LAN cables. Difference between CAT6 and CAT6A As compared to CAT5E’s cabling infrastructure, CAT6 cables offers many more benefits. Initially when the manufacturers introduced CAT6, it was 50% more expensive as compared to CAT5E. Due to the higher prices, there were limited installations. Gradually, as its pricing reduced a...