Cat-5e vs Cat-6 for length.

[Chriz6097]

So, I was wondering if i was to hypothetically buy 1000ft (305M) of cat ethernet cables, which one (6 or 5e) would degrade less over the long distance? I remember @LinusTech saying at some point like 4 years ago in one of his home videos that cat 5e is better over distance, but I want to know for sure whether linus is correct.

[kinkywink]

So, I was wondering if i was to hypothetically buy 1000ft (305M) of cat ethernet cables, which one (6 or 5e) would degrade less over the long distance? I remember @LinusTech saying at some point like 4 years ago in one of his home videos that cat 5e is better over distance, but I want to know for sure whether linus is correct.

both have a maximum length of 100m or 328ft, after this it starts to degrade, cat6 is less acceptable to crosstalk and supports 10gigabit connection over shorter distances while cat5e only supports gigabit connection, so if both cables were run at max capacity i would say that cat6 would be better over a longer distance as it has a leeway as such with the max speed - I think

[Chriz6097]

both have a maximum length of 100m or 328ft, after this it starts to degrade, cat6 is less acceptable to crosstalk and supports 10gigabit connection over shorter distances while cat5e only supports gigabit connection, so if both cables were run at max capacity i would say that cat6 would be better over a longer distance as it has a leeway as such with the max speed - I think

In that case, I'm assuming Linus didn't mean to make it sound like he was comparing the two when he said cat 6 does worse in length.

[kinkywink]

In that case, I'm assuming Linus didn't mean to make it sound like he was comparing the two when he said cat 6 does worse in length.

im not sure i think ive seen the video but i cant remember

[Chriz6097]

im not sure i think ive seen the video but i cant remember

I want to say it was one where he was moving his server into the closet in his house.

[kinkywink]

I want to say it was one where he was moving his server into the closet in his house.

watching his rj45 video now and he says cat5e for 10gigbit at 55m and 1gigabit at 100m  while cat6 is a full 10gigabit for 100m hmm

[SlayerOfHellWyrm]

watching his rj45 video now and he says cat5e for 10gigbit at 55m and 1gigabit at 100m  while cat6 is a full 10gigabit for 100m hmm

He's... close. Cat5e cannot do 10Gbps. Cat6 can up to 55m and Cat6a is the full 100m. At distances shorter than 55m, there is no need for anything above Cat6 if you need 10Gbps. Past 100m, all 3 start degrading in signal, and you need to either switch to coax, or fibre at that point (Neglecting Cat7/Cat7a because they are stupid expensive and hard to find)