Cat #

Category of cables for Ethernet. The number describes quality. Higher numbers means higher quality: Cat 5 enables bandwidth of 100 MHz. Cat 5E (Enhanced Cat 5) enables bandwidth of 350 MHz. Cat 6 enables bandwidth of 550-700 MHz. Cable run 50 m. Cat 6A (Augmented Cat6) as Cat6, however cable run up to 100 m. Cat 7 enables bandwidth of ≥700 MHz. Cat 7A (augmented Cat7).