Comments on: What are the categories of the STP cable types? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-are-the-categories-of-the-stp-cable-types/ Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yasir Irfan http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-are-the-categories-of-the-stp-cable-types/#comment-69116 Yasir Irfan Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:18:25 +0000 #comment-69116 STP cables are known are Sheilded Twisted Pair cables, STP cabling includes metal shielding over each individual pair of copper wires. This type of shielding protects cable from external EMI (electromagnetic interferences). e.g. the 150 ohm shielded twisted pair cables defined by the IBM Cabling System specifications and used with token ring networks. STP cables are CAT 5, CAT 5E and CAT 6

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