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CABLE SPECIFICATIONS AND
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Cable Specifications The Webcache supports the following cable types:
■ Category 3
One of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling defined by the
EIA/TIA-586 standard. Category 3 is voice grade cable and can only be
used in Ethernet networks (10BASE-T) to transmit data at speeds of up
to 10 Mbps.
■ Category 5
One of five grades of Twisted Pair (TP) cabling defined by the
EIA/TIA-586 standard. Category 5 can be used in Ethernet (10BASE-T)
and Fast Ethernet networks (100BASE-TX) and can transmit data at
speeds of up to 100 Mbps. Category 5 cabling is better to use for
network cabling than Category 3, because it supports both Ethernet
(10 Mbps) and Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) speeds.
3Com recommends that you use Category 5 cable — the maximum
segment length for this type of cable is 100 m (328 ft).