Cabling guides

In this buyer’s guide to office data cabling we will outline the considerations you need to take when planning a structured cabling system for your office environment.

This article sets out to give you some advice on deciding between Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a or Fibre Optic cabling for your structured cabling network.

Here are our golden rules for an effective data cabinet. Make sure it looks good and performs for you!

WiFi 7 access points (APs) are now available with 10G (gigabit) wired connections. Some even have two 10G ports to give you an aggregated 20G if you have two Cat6a feeds. Unlike Cat6, a Cat6a cable...

Rats will chew through a cable if they can, and they’re not fussed whether it’s data or power, copper or fibre. It’s a known hazard that has to be protected against. If you don’t protect against...

When purchasing a data cabling system, there are many factors to consider. Price is often at the fore, but cheap cabling installations are often compromised by with false economies. Lynx Networks is...

For over 20 years, Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) data cables have been the popular choice, but this is changing.

The following is a concise list of questions that need to be answered before a cabling system installation can be designed and planned.

The role of Cat6a cabling is to support 10Gig Ethernet, whereas Cat6 will currently only support Gigabit Ethernet, except for short links. There are some disadvantages to Cat6a and you need to weigh these up for any particular application.

Here’s a brief guide to the Category 8 (Cat8) data cabling standards that are currently under development by the ISO and TIA. Several options are being considered.

Copper clad aluminium (CCA) cables have aluminium cores with a copper coating. They have some legitimate uses but are now appearing under the guise of Cat5e and Cat6 cables.

We’ve compiled a list of fibre optic interface standards and have shown the distances that can be transmitted over different types of cable.

External grade data cables designed for outdoor use have a special jacket to withstand the elements. If a cable designed only for internal use is installed externally, sunlight and ice will break down the jacket over time and will let water in.