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| Thread ID: 97830 | 2009-03-01 06:12:00 | 10M ethernet cable. | blueblue (14579) | Press F1 |
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| 752427 | 2009-03-01 06:12:00 | Hi, I need a 10M ethernet cable and was I dont know where to get one. Id like to pay around $15. Cheapest Ive found is www.pp.co.nz but I dont really want to buy from there as its delievery only and would like to get it that day. where can i get one of these? And what about brand? and CAT 6 vs CAT 5 Thanks |
blueblue (14579) | ||
| 752428 | 2009-03-01 06:21:00 | If you're in auckland, pick up: www.trademe.co.nz or www.trademe.co.nz TBH I have no idea of the difference between cat6 and cat5/cat5e Another member such as cyabro may be able to help you though |
Blam (54) | ||
| 752429 | 2009-03-01 06:47:00 | CAT5e 10m cable (www.qmb.co.nz) IIRC CAT6 has double the bandwidth of CAT5E 200MHz vs 100Mhz allowing for greater performance and lower crosstalk and lose. CAT5e is more than enough for any standard home network. CAT5e and CAT 6 both support Gigabit ethernet. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 752430 | 2009-03-15 00:58:00 | CAT5e 10m cable (www.qmb.co.nz) IIRC CAT6 has double the bandwidth of CAT5E 200MHz vs 100Mhz allowing for greater performance and lower crosstalk and lose. CAT5e is more than enough for any standard home network. CAT5e and CAT 6 both support Gigabit ethernet. So I wont see any difference if I were to test with CAT5 and CAT6 with me getting say 1mb's speed. Thanks And wats the difference between a standard cable and a crossover cable to do with a ethernet cable. |
blueblue (14579) | ||
| 752431 | 2009-03-15 01:05:00 | Usually its not so much the cable - Meaning while Cat6 will allow higher data transfer rate, the devices at the each end need to be capable of transmitting and receiving the faster data as well. For a general home user, Cat5 is more than fast enough - I have installed countless amounts of Cat 5 and most of the time the cables transfer rate is never reached. I had one customer who insisted on replacing all his Cat5 with Cat6 - he noticed no difference - felt like saying " told you so" but I didn't. ;) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 752432 | 2009-03-15 01:05:00 | Dont think it'll make things faster, if youre trying to get faster internet speeds You only need a crossover cable, if you dont use a router (ie: If youre on dialup, and youre networked to another PC, and you dont use a network hub) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 752433 | 2009-03-15 01:13:00 | would it matter if one computer was wired using cat6 and one wired with cat5 from the router. Last thing wondering would cat6 give better ping over cat5? |
blueblue (14579) | ||
| 752434 | 2009-03-15 01:15:00 | 1. No 2. Depends where youre going (or connected to and where it is), on how big/small the ping is Probably not |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 752435 | 2009-03-15 01:57:00 | You'll see very minimal difference. But you could get Cat6 now, as its not much more anyways. Just to "future proof" your network I guess |
Blam (54) | ||
| 752436 | 2009-03-15 02:22:00 | Unless your using Gigabit Ethernet then Cat 5 is fine. If you have a Gigabit card to Gigabit router or full Gigabit network then go Cat6, it not it will just default to the equivalent of 100Mbps instead of 1000Mbps | Bantu (52) | ||
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