What cable category do you need for 10 Gigabit Ethernet?

What cable category do you need for 10 Gigabit Ethernet?

• Cat 5e
• Cat 5
• Cat 6a
• Cat 3 

EXPLANATION

Category	Shielding	Max Transmission Speed (at 100 meters)	Max Bandwidth
Cat 3	Unshielded	10 Mbps	16 MHz
Cat 5	Unshielded	10/100 Mbps	100 MHz
Cat 5e	Unshielded	1,000 Mbps / 1 Gbps	100 MHz
Cat 6	Shielded or Unshielded	1,000 Mbps / 1 Gbps	250 MHz
Cat 6a	Shielded	10,000 Mbps / 10 Gbps	500 MHz
Cat 7	Shielded	10,000 Mbps / 10 Gbps	600 MHz
Cat 7a	Shielded	10,000 Mbps/10 Gbps	1,000Mhz