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The cable requirements for ports operating at 1000Mbps are given in
Table 4.
Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-
compliant Category 6 or 6a
shielded cabling.
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3. Twisted Pair Cable Requirements for the 10/100Base-TX Ports at 10 or 100Mbps
Cable Type
10Mbps 100Mbps
Non-
PoE
PoE PoE+
Non-
PoE
PoE PoE+
Table 4. Twisted Pair Cable Requirements for the 10/100/
1000Base-T Ports at 1000Mbps
Cable Type
1000Mbps
Non-
PoE
PoE PoE+
Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-
compliant Category 3 shielded
or unshielded cabling with 100
ohm impedance and a
frequency of 16 MHz.
No No No
Standard TIA/EIA 568-A-
compliant Category 5 shielded
or unshielded cabling with 100
ohm impedance and a
frequency of 100 MHz.
Yes Yes No
Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-
compliant Enhanced Category
5 (Cat 5e) shielded or
unshielded cabling with 100
ohm impedance and a
frequency of 100 MHz.
Yes Yes Yes
Standard TIA/EIA 568-B-
compliant Category 6 or 6a
shielded cabling.
Yes Yes Yes