Would Having a CAT5e Ethernet make any difference in speed between CAT6e

[ethan103]

What would be the best type of ethernet cable for a 50 Mb connection?

I have heard that the Cat6e is the best.

[Jon T]

CAT 5e is rated to do at least 100Mb for 100 metres, it's all you need. Getting CAT 6 for the data throughput of VM broadband is just an unnecessary expense.

[dd11]

If you transfer big files between computers on your home network then Cat6 will be faster doing that providing you have a gigabit switch/router an computer.

But just for the 50meg connection it won't make any difference.

[Zhadnost]

Cat5e is fine for up to Gigabit. Wouldn't make any difference. IIRC Cat 6 is rated to operate at least 250MHz signalling, Cat 5 at least 100MHz (although will do more, a lot of 5e have 350Mhz written on the sleeving).

Cat 6 was required for 1000BaseTX, (version that only used 2 pairs), but I've been doing network admin for 12 years, and have never seen any TX kit.

Basically, Cat 6 is better cable, but you don't really need it.

You do however need Cat 6 for 10GBASE-T (unless it's a long run, in which case you need Cat6a or Cat7.

[Kymmy]

Originally Posted by internetuser

What would be the best type of ethernet cable for a 50 Mb connection?

I have heard that the Cat6e is the best.

For a simple answer, there will be no difference in the 50Mb modem speed between cat5, cat5e and cat6 as long as you stick below 100m lengths

[ethan103]

Originally Posted by Kymmy

For a simple answer, there will be no difference in the 50Mb modem speed between cat5, cat5e and cat6 as long as you stick below 100m lengths

Ok, thanks for everyones replys.


The length by the way is 3m.

[bbxxl]

I've found that since they 'upgraded ' me to 50Mb a piece of string works just as well.

But that's only because they can't activate my modem so I might as well use a piece of string...

[webcrawler2050]

Again no need for Cat6E - string, coat hanger may work