DATA LINK LAYER WIRED NETWORKS
CONNECTING 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: -More wires could lead to too expensive cables so 8 was chosen as a compromise. RJ31 to RJ61 (including RJ45) all use the 8P8C connection; so it was already produced and reasonably priced, but not commonly found in homes. Ethernet did the simple thing, grabbed what hardware was cheap and laying around.