PROFESSIONAL HIGH SPEED CAT 6 SHIELDED ETHERNET PATCH CABLE: Category 6 cable (Cat 6), is a standardized twisted pair cable for Ethernet and other network physical layers that is backward compatible with the Category 5/5e and Category 3 cable standards. Cat 6 has to meet more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise than Cat 5 and Cat 5e. The cable standard specifies performance of up to 550 MHz, compared to 100 MHz for Cat 5 and Cat 5e. SPECIFICATIONS: - Cable Type: Category 6 (CAT 6) - Bandwidth: 550Mhz - Supports: up to 10Gbps - Conductor Guage: 4 Pairs 100% 26AWG pure - Connector Type: Plated RJ45 - Construction: F/UTP - Conductor Material: Oxygen-free Copper - Application: Smart Home/Office, Server Applications, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, High Performance Computer Networking Application UNIVERSAL COMPATIBILITY: - Cat 6 Ethernet cable Backward Compatible with Cat5, Cat5e cable standards. - Devices with RJ45 jacks, including computers & peripherals like routers, switch boxes, Playstations, Xbox 1,Poe,hubs,modems, patch panels, network adapters, network printers & network attached storage devices etc.