Ethernet cable speed?

[yourdad165]

So I'm debating weather to get Cat5e 100ft in two days with Amazon Prime or Cat6 75ft from a retailer on Amazon in 7-11 days. Is ethernet cable speed dependent on your router? How does this work, thanks in advance for any help you guys can give me.

[LukaP]

cat5e can do 1Gb/s up to 100m

 

cat6 can do 10Gb/s up to 100m

 

if its for in wall, id do cat6 just for some future proofing.

[yourdad165]

cat5e can do 1Gb/s up to 100m

 

cat6 can do 10Gb/s up to 100m

 

if its for in wall, id do cat6 just for some future proofing.

 

But will I notice a difference as far as gaming with my Rogers router? I'm currently using a CAT6 50ft ethernet cable and it runs fine.

[Cubit481]

 

So I'm debating weather to get Cat5e 100ft in two days with Amazon Prime or Cat6 75ft from a retailer on Amazon in 7-11 days. Is ethernet cable speed dependent on your router? How does this work, thanks in advance for any help you guys can give me.

 

 

this video is about rj45 but may help u in case of speeds...

 

 

[LukaP]

But will I notice a difference as far as gaming with my Rogers router? I'm currently using a CAT6 50ft ethernet cable and it runs fine.

no you wont. 1Gb is more than any connection you can get to your isp, so CAT5e is plenty for that, but if you have a nas, its nice to know you can upgrade to 10Gb without too much hassle later

[squirrl]

no you wont. 1Gb is more than any connection you can get to your isp, so CAT5e is plenty for that, but if you have a nas, its nice to know you can upgrade to 10Gb without too much hassle later

Obviously the NAS itself needs to support 10GB ethernet too, which most don't without installing a dedicated card if it's a proper PC, or being really really expensive if it's a prebuilt small one.

[LukaP]

Obviously the NAS itself needs to support 10GB ethernet too, which most don't without installing a dedicated card if it's a proper PC, or being really really expensive if it's a prebuilt small one.

Key word being "in the future"

[squirrl]

Key word being "in the future"

 

but if you have a nas

That doesnt sound lik the future

[dalekphalm]

So I'm debating weather to get Cat5e 100ft in two days with Amazon Prime or Cat6 75ft from a retailer on Amazon in 7-11 days. Is ethernet cable speed dependent on your router? How does this work, thanks in advance for any help you guys can give me.

 

 

cat5e can do 1Gb/s up to 100m

 

cat6 can do 10Gb/s up to 100m

 

if its for in wall, id do cat6 just for some future proofing.

^ This

 

However, cat5e can still do 10Gb/s for up to around 55m (Ideally keeping it a little shorter as it may not be exactly 55m - it depends on several environmental/interference factors as well).