What Is a Hybrid Cable?

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A hybrid cable incorporates optical fibers and copper wires within the same jacket and is a medium for both power supply and data transmission. This is why hybrid cables are typically used to connect switches and APs or connect switches and remote units on campus networks. As future-proof WLAN (https://info.support.huawei.com/info-finder/encyclopedia/en/WLAN.html) technologies, such as Wi-Fi 6 (https://info.support.huawei.com/info-finder/encyclopedia/en/WiFi+6.html) and Wi-Fi 7 (https://info.support.huawei.com/info-finder/encyclopedia/en/WiFi+7.html), gain momentum, the conventional twisted pairs cannot keep pace with the bandwidth needs of these technologies. Not only this, optical fibers cannot be used for PoE (https://info.support.huawei.com/info-finder/encyclopedia/en/PoE.html) power supply. This is where the hybrid cable comes in.

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