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Kymmy · 30-10-2011, 19:27

You have to remember that most hubs are now gigabit on the ports so although your internet connection is only 100Mb you're still communicating from PC<>PC or PC<>HUB at 1000Mb.

If the run is less than 50meters then 5E will be fine, ignore those that say that 5E will run 100m at gigabit speed as that's in a perfect world and a lot of devices can interfere with the signal when pushing the speed/distance to it's limits. If you do want 100meters then Cat6+ is best.

30-10-2011, 19:27	#9
Kymmy Inactive Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,385	Re: What Kind of Ethernet Cable is best? You have to remember that most hubs are now gigabit on the ports so although your internet connection is only 100Mb you're still communicating from PC<>PC or PC<>HUB at 1000Mb. If the run is less than 50meters then 5E will be fine, ignore those that say that 5E will run 100m at gigabit speed as that's in a perfect world and a lot of devices can interfere with the signal when pushing the speed/distance to it's limits. If you do want 100meters then Cat6+ is best.