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Guides.
How the categories differ, what to look at before choosing, and how to get a wired connection working properly.
These pages are general guidance about the technology, not product specifications. For the rating and the conductor of a Mr. Tronic product see its listing; for its instructions see Instructions for Use.
Read in order, or jump in.
Four guides that build on each other: what the cable is, how to choose one, what actually limits it, and how to fit it. If you are starting from zero, start at the first.
Introduction to Ethernet Cables
How a cable is built, what the categories mean, the difference between copper and CCA, and T568A and T568B drawn pin by pin.
Read → 02Choosing the Right Cable
Five questions in the order that decides it: form, category, length, conductor and jacket.
Read → 03Speed and Performance
Why the cable is almost never what is slowing you down, and the five things that do limit a link.
Read → 04Installation Guide
Handling, routing and the seven steps of terminating bulk cable, with the measurements that decide whether it works.
Read →The same technology, a different room.
What changes when the network is a games room or a house full of connected devices. No order here — read the one that matches your situation.
Or skip the reading.
If you already know the form and the length you need, the filters do the rest: type, category, length and colour.