The first test that TE conducted was a simple link test with a sending device, a meter of Cat 6a cable, a mated connector pair, another meter of Cat 6a cable, and a receiving device. This simple link was then tested for both Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet per TIA-568-C.2. The output variable studied was Near End Cross Talk (NEXT), per paragraph 6.8.8 of this document. Both the M38999 connector and TE’s CeeLok FAS-T connector were evaluated in this study. The M38999 connector was pinned in a strategic arrangement as prescribed in the Ministry of Defense standard 23-09 in order to achieve Ethernet performance.