[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":65},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fplanning-a-cat6a-run":3,"blog-related-\u002Fblog\u002Fplanning-a-cat6a-run":63},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"author":7,"body":8,"category":41,"description":42,"draft":43,"extension":44,"faq":45,"image":52,"lead":53,"meta":54,"navigation":55,"path":56,"publishedAt":57,"seo":58,"service":59,"sitemap":60,"stem":61,"updatedAt":52,"__hash__":62},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fplanning-a-cat6a-run.md","How to plan a Cat6A run","Cat6A carries 10 Gb up to 100 m. Budget 90 m for the solid core in the wall and 10 m for patch leads at either end, keep the bend radius above four times the cable diameter, and keep it out of parallel power runs.","akwasi-konadu",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":34},"minimark",[11,16,20,24,27,31],[12,13,15],"h2",{"id":14},"how-far-can-cat6a-actually-run","How far can Cat6A actually run?",[17,18,19],"p",{},"One hundred metres, end to end. That is the number to remember, but it is not the number to design\nagainst. The standard budgets 90 m for the solid core cable in the wall and 10 m for the stranded\npatch leads at either end, so the moment you plan a 100 m in-wall run you have already spent the\nwhole budget and left nothing for the patching.",[12,21,23],{"id":22},"why-choose-cat6a-over-cat6","Why choose Cat6A over Cat6?",[17,25,26],{},"Because Cat6 only carries 10 Gb for 55 m, and only if alien crosstalk stays low. Cat6A holds 10 Gb\nfor the full 100 m. If a run is short and will never carry more than 1 Gb, Cat6 is honest and\ncheaper. If you are pulling cable into a wall you would rather not open again, the extra cost buys\nyou the next decade.",[12,28,30],{"id":29},"what-goes-wrong-on-site","What goes wrong on site?",[17,32,33],{},"Bend radius and bundling cause most of the trouble. Cat6A is thicker and stiffer than Cat6, and the\ncrosstalk it rejects comes partly from its geometry, so crushing it into a tight corner undoes the\nthing you paid for. Keep the bend radius above four times the cable diameter, do not overtighten\ncable ties, and keep long parallel runs away from power.",{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":37},"",2,[38,39,40],{"id":14,"depth":36,"text":15},{"id":22,"depth":36,"text":23},{"id":29,"depth":36,"text":30},"Network infrastructure","What to settle before anyone pulls cable: the distance budget, bend radius, and where crosstalk actually bites.",false,"md",[46,49],{"q":47,"a":48},"How far can Cat6A run?","100 m end to end. Design against 90 m of solid core in the wall plus 10 m of patch leads, because that is how the standard budgets it.",{"q":50,"a":51},"Does Cat6A need shielding?","Only where it runs close to sustained interference, like parallel power. Unshielded Cat6A is rated for 10 Gb at 100 m on its own.",null,"A Cat6A run is not just a longer Cat6 run. Most of the work happens before the first foot comes off the spool.",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fplanning-a-cat6a-run","2026-07-16",{"title":5,"description":42},"network-infrastructure",{"loc":56},"blog\u002Fplanning-a-cat6a-run","XnLONJEAmD7dJp5venjVDsGdcP8uGjF36x0PlNmT96c",[64],{"path":56,"title":5,"description":42,"category":41,"author":7,"publishedAt":57},1784280468317]