Cable run planner
Speed, distance, environment, PoE in - every compliant cable and fiber option out, each citing the TIA-568 or 802.3 rule that governs it, with honest exclusions for the rest.
NetworkingPick a speed, type a distance, and the compliant media appear - with the standards that say so.
API endpointGEThttps://ronutz.com/api/v1/cable-run-plannerDocumented, not served. Opens the specification.
References
- ANSI/TIA-568 family (TIA): 100 m twisted-pair channel (90 m permanent link + 10 m cords), category definitions Cat 5e/6/6A, and Category 8's 2000 MHz / 30 m channel (TIA-568.2-D)
- IEEE 802.3 clauses: 802.3bz (2.5G on Cat 5e / 5G on Cat 6 at 100 m), 802.3an 10GBASE-T, 802.3ae/by/ba/bm SR- and LR-class optic reaches (10G SR: 300 m OM3 / 400 m OM4; 25G SR: 70/100 m; 40G SR4: 100/150 m; 100G SR4: 70/100 m; LR class: 10 km OS2), 802.3af/at/bt PoE
- TIA TSB-155 (10GBASE-T over Cat 6: 37-55 m alien-crosstalk-dependent guidance) and TSB-184-A (PoE bundle heat-rise guidance for 802.3bt)