UGREEN NW122 70331 0.5 m Cat 6A U/UTP Ethernet Cable, 10 Gbps

Overview

The UGREEN NW122 (70331) is a 0.5 m slim Cat 6A Ethernet patch cable, 2.8 mm thick, with 32 AWG pure copper conductors and 24K gold-plated RJ45 plugs. It links switches, routers and patch panels that sit side by side in a cabinet or on a desk, rated for up to 10 Gbps and 500 MHz.

Is it right for you?

• Suits patch panel to switch, or switch to router, within half a metre in a cabinet.
• Too short for anything that is not side by side; pick a longer cable rather than stretching it.
• Choose it for 10 Gbps patching between 10 Gbps equipment, or tidy short links at any slower speed.
• It is unshielded (U/UTP), so it is not for designs that call for shielded cabling.

Key features

• Cat 6A, up to 10 Gbps and 500 MHz when the whole link supports it.
• Ultra-slim 2.8 mm round cable with a soft black PVC jacket, for tight bends and crowded ports.
• 32 AWG bare pure copper conductors, eight conductors in four twisted pairs, unshielded (U/UTP).
• RJ45 male plugs with 24K gold-plated contacts and moulded latch protectors, wired to 568B.
• Works without power, drivers or sign-in.

What else you need

• Two devices with RJ45 Ethernet ports within 0.5 m of each other. It does not plug into USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, DisplayPort or the smaller telephone-style RJ11 socket.
• 10 Gbps equipment at both ends if you want 10 Gbps; slower ports run at their own speed.

Installation

No tools, drivers or power supply are needed: push each plug into an RJ45 port until the latch clicks. Measure the route first, leave slack at both ends, avoid tight bends and keep the plugs where moving equipment cannot pull on them. Protect the slim jacket from crushing and sharp bends.

Before you buy

• U/UTP means no overall screen and no foil around the pairs; pair twisting controls the signal. Choose a shielded cable where the design requires shielding.
• The slim jacket must be protected from crushing and sharp bends.
• No outdoor, direct-burial or in-wall rating is stated, so treat it as an indoor patch cable run in the open.
• No Power over Ethernet (PoE) class is stated.
• It is a passive cable: it does not create Wi-Fi, assign IP addresses or replace a router, modem, switch or network adapter, and it cannot make an internet plan faster than it is.