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Wingfan
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I need 10ft to reach my workbench, is there big benefit with 6 or 7? Or just get cheapest 5?

 

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Cat5e if it's just for surfing the web; if you have a NAS at home, you might benefit from Cat6 depending on the throughput of your router

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Yeah you're gonna want Cat5e, Cat6 is only really useful if you have a 10 gigabit card or have a bunch of power cables and data cables running alongside it which could cause crosstalk. Probably be cheaper and more of a clean finish if you crimp your own or use wall faceplates but that depends on if you're confident whipping out the tool kit.

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Don't listen fully to adam. Cat5/5e/6/6a/7 all have 8 conductors and 4 pairs. You could go with Cat5e and get gigabit speeds. Same with Cat6, Cat6a, and Cat7. Cat7 and Cat6a is crazy overkill. Normal Cat5 can only go upto 10/100 speeds. Cat6 is capable of 10g speeds, but you most likely don't have 10g hardware.

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