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mmm · 06-12-2015, 14:29

Cat 5e is good for Gigabit over 100m, and should be fine for home use, can even get external grade cables. Cat 6 is for future 10Gigabit, but for installations to be compliant strict installation rules about bend radius etc apply. I doubt if any flat cable is strictly compliant with any Cat spec, let alone Cat 7 so I don't believe a word of that advert spec! But convenient for hiding under carpet I guess? Truth is wet string with the right connectors should work over 5m, but I have had a 15m patch cable which computer to switch wouldn't autodetect above 100Mbps, connectors all correct, but must have been kinked/crushed at some point?

06-12-2015, 14:29	#5
mmm Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 513	Re: ethernet cable Cat 5e is good for Gigabit over 100m, and should be fine for home use, can even get external grade cables. Cat 6 is for future 10Gigabit, but for installations to be compliant strict installation rules about bend radius etc apply. I doubt if any flat cable is strictly compliant with any Cat spec, let alone Cat 7 so I don't believe a word of that advert spec! But convenient for hiding under carpet I guess? Truth is wet string with the right connectors should work over 5m, but I have had a 15m patch cable which computer to switch wouldn't autodetect above 100Mbps, connectors all correct, but must have been kinked/crushed at some point?