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Goku1814
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Are cat6 ethernet cables durable to where you can plug and unplug them alot? I'm only asking this BC I have a PC that only has Ethernet but whenever I wanna play on my xbox 1 x I like having Ethernet BC I won't lag. So would me unplugging and plugging back to the PC and xbox visa verse, end up breaking my Ethernet cable?

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1 minute ago, BlueScope819 said:

the cat rating is the rated speed of the cable, the connector quaility is not counted in that standard. just buy a $5 switch on newegg and run two cables from it

But won't I lose internet speed if I use more than one at a time.

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1 minute ago, Goku1814 said:

But won't I lose internet speed if I use more than one at a time.

nope, it shares it, and most of the time, the devices aren't using much bandwidth. Just get a switch like this

 

https://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-Splitter-Optimization-Unmanaged-TL-SG105/dp/B00A128S24/ref=sr_1_1?crid=N4W7H9SV2GBI&dchild=1&keywords=gigabit+switch&qid=1594599124&sprefix=gigabi%2Caps%2C217&sr=8-1

 

Each device can get the full speed

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