{"id":26,"date":"2017-07-04T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-07-26T12:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T17:53:46","slug":"home-networking-upgrading-ethernet-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Home Networking: Upgrading Ethernet Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note to myself:  regardless of what your current internet provider can offer, when upgrading ethernet cables then plan for the future by buying cat-6*<\/p>\n

Click here for data.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nPS:  Don’t forget to buy shielded<\/b> twisted pair <\/a>only.   This will reduce interference from other signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n
\nThe code before the slash designates the shielding for the cable itself, while the code after the slash determines the shielding for the individual pairs:<\/div>\n
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U = unshielded<\/dd>\n
F = foil shielding<\/dd>\n
S = braided shielding (outer layer only)<\/dd>\n
TP = twisted pair<\/dd>\n
TQ = twisted pair, individual shielding in quads<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

\nYours Truly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note to myself:  regardless of what your current internet provider can offer, when upgrading ethernet cables then plan for the future by buying cat-6* Click here for data. PS:  Don’t forget to buy shielded twisted pair only.   This will reduce interference from other signals. Common industry abbreviations for cable construction Industry acronyms ISO\/IEC 11801 name … Continue reading “Home Networking: Upgrading Ethernet Network”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[79,78],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Common industry abbreviations for cable construction<\/caption>\n
Industry acronyms<\/th>\nISO\/IEC 11801<\/a> name<\/th>\nCable shielding<\/th>\nPair shielding<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
UTP<\/td>\nU\/UTP<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
STP, ScTP, PiMF<\/td>\nU\/FTP<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nFoil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FTP, STP, ScTP<\/td>\nF\/UTP<\/td>\nFoil<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
STP, ScTP<\/td>\nS\/UTP<\/td>\nBraiding<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SFTP, S-FTP, STP<\/td>\nSF\/UTP<\/td>\nBraiding, foil<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FFTP<\/td>\nF\/FTP<\/td>\nFoil<\/td>\nFoil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SSTP, SFTP, STP PiMF<\/td>\nS\/FTP<\/td>\nBraiding<\/td>\nFoil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SSTP, SFTP<\/td>\nSF\/FTP<\/td>\nBraiding, foil<\/td>\nFoil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n