100Mhz vs 200Mhz

[ksbsr6gn]

Hello everyone,

I am a network cable installer and usually don't deal with the hardware end. I have a small job coming up for a gentleman who I know is going to have a thousand questions. I can answer most except for 100mhz cat5 vs 200mhz cat6. Can someone maybe explain what mhz means in relation to these two types of cable, and also give me some pointers on how to explain to this person what it means and the benefits of a higher Mhz?

Does that make sense?


Thanks in advance

Charles

 

[JackMDS]

http://www.cableorganizer.com/articles/cat5-cat5e-cat6.htm

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/04/ask-lh-whats-the-difference-between-cat5-cat5e-and-cat6-cables/




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[dave_the_nerd]

Higher speed and or higher "Cat" numbers means the cabling supports either higher speed connections, or longer runs. Or both.

Which, not coincidentally, means his Cat gifs load faster when he's surfing Facebook.

Wikipedia will have a chart with a breakdown of speeds supported by which cabling type. But that's the gist of it.

 

[Railgun]

If the network is only running gigabit, not a lot in practical application. Cat6 is 500MHz rated. 5e is 350. Unless 10Gb is in the future and costs are that much different, I'd skip 6.