TIA/EIA 568-5-A. If longer runs are required, the use of active hardware such as a repeater or switch is necessary. The specifications for 10BASE-T networking specify a 100-meter length between active devices. This allows for 90 meters of solid-core permanent wiring, two connectors and two stranded patch cables of 5 meters, one at each end.

Conductors

Since 1995, solid-conductor unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cables for backbone cabling have been required to be no thicker than

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