What do I use?

[megadarkwood]

What type of Ethernet cable do I use? what is the difference between Cat5/Cat6 .etc? I get 25/10 speeds

[Worth]

All I know is Cat.6 is faster, especially over longer distances I think. Hope that helps!

[Sidiox]

Cat6 is newer and supports higher speeds. Are your speeds in Mbit/s or mbyte/s? Use Cat6 where you can as it will give higher speeds as always, but it will be most noticable in your LAN not your WAN speeds as the limit for your Cat5 cable probably won't be reached (don't know the limits of the cable though, look that up).

[LancerBG]

5e in a home. you will get no benefit from cat6 however getting whatever is cheaper will be just fine.

[lufihengr]

If you need to do long distance cabling, then cat 6, if under like 100 feet use cat 5.

[megadarkwood]

Thanks guys, I will pick up some Cat5.

[simtransporter]

They are different standards. However both Cat5e and Cat6 support gigabit speeds. Cat6 will be able to support this over longer distances. Cat6 also supports even higher speeds.
 

 

[simtransporter]

Thanks guys, I will pick up some Cat5.

cat5e. please don't get cat5, it's not really worth it.

[Sarcasm]

They are different standards. However both Cat5e and Cat6 support gigabit speeds. Cat6 will be able to support this over longer distances. Cat6 also supports even higher speeds.

 

 

If I remember right, we're shoehorning Gigabit onto 5e, it's technically operating out of spec. Cat6 supports it natively.

[Blade of Grass]

If I remember right, we're shoehorning Gigabit onto 5e, it's technically operating out of spec. Cat6 supports it natively.

Nope, Cat5 is even in Gigabyte spec, why would we be shoehorning a later edition in?

It's a quite common misconception that Cat5 can't do gigabyte, or isn't made too, because if you look, it's in spec.

[simtransporter]

If I remember right, we're shoehorning Gigabit onto 5e, it's technically operating out of spec. Cat6 supports it natively.

 

Nope, Cat5 is even in Gigabyte spec, why would we be shoehorning a later edition in?

It's a quite common misconception that Cat5 can't do gigabyte, or isn't made too, because if you look, it's in spec.

As far as I know Cat5 is not within gigabit spec. Cat5e should be.

with that said... it is possible to run gigabit using a cat5 cable however since the specification is not rated to run at those speeds your results might vary.

Another thing, don't confuse gigabit with gigabyte, they are two different things.

[Blade of Grass]

As far as I know Cat5 is not within gigabit spec. Cat5e should be.

with that said... it is possible to run gigabit using a cat5 cable however since the specification is not rated to run at those speeds your results might vary.

Another thing, don't confuse gigabit with gigabyte, they are two different things.

Sorry, it 'twas a typo.

 

And, for my evidence to back up my 1000BaseT Cat5 spec claim

In a fashion similar to the 100BASE-T standard, the current physical layers

will be replaced with new Physical Layers (PHY) as appropriate for 1000

Mb/s operation over the defined link: a link which meets the link

requirements of 4 pair Category 5 100 ohm balanced copper component

specifications as specified in ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A or ISO/IEC 11801 : 1995 and the

channel specifications of TIA/EIA568A Annex E.

1000BASE-T offers the maximum compatibility with the current installed base

of more than 60 million CSMA/CD nodes, most of which copper cabling systems.

Support of 802.3 Auto-Negotiation will ensure that 802.3 UTP

solutions continue to be auto-configuring.

 

Source: http://www.ieee802.org/3/ab/public/criteria.pdf