COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK DEVICES
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Question
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6 CONDUCTORS
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8 conductors
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10 conductors
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12 conductors
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Detailed explanation-1: -It consists of eight conductors within an outer casing. Pairs of the eight conductors are twisted around each other for crosstalk cancellation, hence the name.
Detailed explanation-2: -1000BaseT is the reference for the twisted pair standard, which uses all four conductors of a Cat5 or better cable (see later).
Detailed explanation-3: -Gigabit ethernet (or 10/100/1000 Mbps) gets all its super-charged data power from using all four pairs, or all eight wires, when transferring the full 1000 Mbps of data from one computer to another.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why are there 8 wires in an Ethernet cable? The 8 wires make up 4 pairs of transmit and receive. Think of them as lanes on a highway. In 10/100 Mbps speeds, 4 wires or 2 pairs are used, equating to a two lane highway in each direction.