Belkin A3L980-12-GRN-S 12 ft Cat 6 network ethernet cable

What this cable does

The Belkin A3L980-12-GRN-S is a 12 ft Category 6 UTP patch cable with RJ45 male connectors on both ends. It replaces older Cat 5 cables that cannot support 100 Base-T or Gigabit Ethernet speeds. The green jacket provides easy colour coding in a rack or at a desk. Snagless moulded strain relief protects the locking tabs during frequent moves.

Who it suits and who it does not

This cable suits anyone upgrading a home or office link to Gigabit performance without shielded cabling. It is not for installers who need shielded twisted pair for high-interference environments. It is not for runs that exceed the 12 ft length supplied. Buyers needing a different colour for cable management should choose another variant.

Capacity and headroom

The Cat 6 rating comfortably handles 100 Base-T and Gigabit Ethernet traffic across the full 12 ft run. Headroom exists for standard gigabit workloads such as file transfers, streaming and gaming. The unshielded design runs out of protection in electrically noisy areas like industrial panels or dense cable bundles where alien crosstalk becomes an issue.