AccountCat. 8.1 patch cables – The data highway for any network
Cat. 8.1 patch cables are real “workaholics”. Made for data transfer with a speed up to 40 Gb/s, they’re especially useful in bigger networks or data centres for connecting router or switches as a network cable. Because of their limited length and the rarity in the use of such high-speed connections in the field of terminal equipment, they’re not often used in floor wiring.
Patch cables of Cat. 8.1 are to distinguish from Cat. 8.2 cables which are made for the use with different connectors. Furthermore, they’re a significant advance to Cat. 7 cables with a maximum speed of 10 Gb/s.
Cat. 8 – The copper equivalent to fibre-optic network cables
Cat. 8.1 network cables are the current standard in the field of copper cables. That’s why they’re in direct competition to fibre-optic cables. Because of the high target speed, Cat. 8.1 patch cables are significant shorter than “normal”, for the consumer available, ethernet cables. With any centimetre the data has to cover, the transmission rate is decreasing.
An advantage of copper cables is the possibility of a power supply for connected devices (Power over Ethernet- PoE and PoE+), which is not possible with fibre-optic cables.
