Crossover Network Cables vs Straight Through Cable

Straight Through Cables

Crossover Cables

This means that both

ends of the cables will
be identical. The color
of smaller cables inside
the Ethernet cable, will
be in the same order,
from left to right.

A crossover Ethernet cable

have a different look on
either side of the cable. The
purpose of the crossover
cable, is to connect one
device directly to another
device, without a switch or
hub being present.

This type of cable is used

for connecting a PC to a
hub/switch or for
connecting a router to a
switch.

So if you were connecting

one PC directly with
another PC, you would
then use a crossover
network cable.

CAT 5 Network Cable

Specifications of the Cat 5 Cable

Cat-5 cabling support frequencies of up to 100 MHz and speeds of
up to 100 Mbps (megabytes per second). The Cat-5 Cable is unshielded
wire containing four pairs of 24-gauge twisted copper pairs, terminating
in an RJ-45 jack.
Cat5 and Cat5e LAN cables are easy to use, most popular and the most
common, so it is very probable that if you are using an Ethernet cable
it is a Cat 5 cable.
However, for the majority Cat5e cables are the commonly used, as these
have fixed a few little issues that came along with the Cat5 cable.
Cat5e cables also support the faster speeds of 1000Mbit (or Gigabit)
connections.

CAT 5e Network Cable

Specifications of the Cat 5 Ethernet Cable

CAT5e cabling supports frequencies of up to 350 MHz and speeds of
up to 1000 Mbps (one gigabyte per second). The Cat-5e Cable is
unshielded wire containing four pairs of 24-gauge twisted copper pairs,
terminating in an RJ-45 jack.
CAT5e cables are the most common and popular Ethernet cables
being used.
Cat5e cable sort out issues that came along with the Cat5 Cable.
Cat5e cables also support the faster speeds of 1000Mbit
(or Gigabit) connections.

CAT 6 Network Cable

Specifications of the Cat 6 Cable

Cat-6 cabling supports frequencies of up to 250 MHz and speeds of up
to 1000 Mbit/s. This is a big improvement on previous network cabling
speeds (CAT 3: 10 MHz, CAT 5: 100Mhz). Cat 6a cables can perform up
to speeds of 500 Mhz.
CAT6 cables are becoming progressively more popular, especially
with their capabilities of performing at Gigabit Speeds. However,
Cat 5e cables are still the most used and most popular network cable.

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