Cat6 Cable

The maximum transmission distance of Category 6 network cables (Cat6) depends on the transmission rate. The core follows the TIA/EIA 568 cabling standard, which is specifically divided into two situations:
At a gigabit rate (1000BASE-T)
The maximum transmission distance is 100 meters, which is the industry standard distance for structured cabling, including a standard configuration of 90 meters for horizontal cabling and 5 meters for each end jumper. This distance can meet the needs of the vast majority of enterprise office, surveillance wiring, smart home and other scenarios.
At 10 gigabit rate (10GBASE-T)
The maximum transmission distance will be shortened to 55 meters. When the length exceeds 55 meters, Category 6 network cables cannot stably support 10-gigabit bandwidth, and the transmission rate will automatically drop to 1-gigabit.
Supplementary Notes
The shielding type of network cables (UTP/STP/SFTP) does not affect the maximum transmission distance, but only influences the ability to resist electromagnetic interference.
The influence of the wire gauge (23AWG/24AWG) on the transmission distance is extremely small and can be ignored in daily use.
If the actual wiring exceeds the standard distance, problems such as signal attenuation, increased packet loss rate and network lag will occur.