Hi Anon17953 how are you? Cat-6 is the best Cat-5 cable can be purchased off a spool in varying lengths, or bought pre-cut to standard lengths with RJ-45 jacks already attached. Some experts recommend untwisting only 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) of the pairs to strip and make connections.

The twisted pairs reduce interference and crosstalk, and they should be left twisted except at the termination point. Inside, the twisted pairs are also sheathed in plastic with a standard color scheme: solid orange, blue, green and brown wires twisted around mates that are white and striped with a solid color. The outer sheath of this type of cable can come in many colors, with bright blue being quite common. If a wire is certified as Cat-5 and not just a twisted pair wire, it will have this designation printed on the outside. This type of cable is unshielded wire containing four pairs of 24-gauge twisted copper pairs, terminating in an RJ-45 jack. Cat-5 cable, sometimes called Ethernet cable, is short for Category 5 cable, a current industry standard for network and telephone wiring.

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