CAT 5 cable is short for refering--most commonly--Catagory 5 Unshielded
Twisted Pair Cable. Usually with 4 pairs (8 wires).
This is the cable of choice in the Networking industry/field. Most new
Houses are being wired for phone and Networking purposes.
If you have purchased Phone Line cable at Wal-Mart or Radio Shack that is
normally Catagory 3 cable.

There are, however, standards being considered for CAT 6 and CAT 7 cable
that would allow for faster data transmission.
Enhanced Cat 5 currently allows for 100Mbps when using just 4 wires and with
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps) using all wires.

--Patrick Black
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~black27/
----- Original Message -----
From: Ashok Bhiman <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 1999 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] CAT5 Cable


> Hi,
>
> What is a CAT5 cable and how is it used to connect two computers?
> Please excuse my ignorance.
>

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