Cat5 vs Cat6

[Guest]

hey, i'm planning to use my old router as a range extender and i was just wondering which type of ethernet cable would work well.

the new router is in the 1st floor and my room is in the 2nd floor, i want to keep the old router outside my room so that the living room benefits from it as well. i measured the length of cable needed and it amounted to about 10m but i want to buy at least 15m of cable in order to have a wider wiggle room ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) and so that i can freely choose where i want to keep it.

 

long question short, should i get cat5 or cat6 in order to utilize most of the speed possible?

 

thanks in advance

[Bloodshed_x3d]

The question should really be CAT5e or CAT6

[Technomancer__]

the will  both work almost identical

but i would suggest a cat 6. beacouse you can keep it for longer

[tlink]

get cat6, the prices are extremely close in my area so its not really worth going low end when you will probably use the cable for as long as you can, they don't die easily. cat5 is pretty dated with 10mbit or 100mbit.

[Guest]

Just now, Ethocreeper said:

the will  both work almost identical

but i would suggest a cat 6. beacouse you can keep it for longer

i see, thanks

[Guest]

Just now, tlink said:

get cat6, the prices are extremely close in my area so its not really worth going low end when you will probably use the cable for as long as you can, they don't die easily.

i'll check the prices, thank you

 

same performance?

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, lewdicrous said:

i'll check the prices, thank you

 

same performance?

Cat6 cable is technically able to handle 10Gbps for a short distance while Cat5e is not rated for such performance, but I doubt you have or will be using 10Gb copper anytime soon so the performance is going to be the same, 1Gbps as the max either way you go

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Cat6 cable is technically able to handle 10Gbps for a short distance while Cat5e is not rated for such performance, but I doubt you have or will be using 10Gb copper anytime soon so the performance is going to be the same, 1Gbps as the max either way you go

i'm using optical fiber (20 Mbps)

i'll look into it even more, thanks

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, lewdicrous said:

i'm using optical fiber (20 Mbps)

i'll look into it even more, thanks

I should have specified, 10Gb copper throughout the home on the LAN side of things. You'll always be limited by the speed provided by your ISP for getting out of the network.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

I should have specified, 10Gb copper throughout the home on the LAN side of things. You'll always be limited by the speed provided by your ISP for getting out of the network.

oh i see, thank you