cat5e!

[PringlesInside]

HEY , mr pringleguy needs help... Well I want to buy a ethernet cable so i use a "wired" connection from my router to my PC ... so i can well bascially get the pure connection rather than stupid wireless..

My router is few rooms away from PC. So a 20M cable (which will be wired and drilled through walls and around tops + sides of doors.

I want CAT5e as i would like the 100MB/s , better future proof as my exchange shud get a network boost in feb as it will get fibreoptic.

no, i dont want cat6 it will be too much and etc.


OK, so i was about to go for this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cat5e-RJ45-...JHQ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294611753&sr=8-1

<< Cat5e RJ45 Ethernet LAN Network Cable UTP Lead 20M , Price: £2.86

Technical Details

* 10/100BaseT Cable
* High Quality Category 5e
* Fully Moulded with rubber ends
* Strong Strain Relief Plugs
* For Networking or ADSL



BUT the product description:
Product Description
Product Description
CAT5e (100Mhz) Ethernet 10BaseT & 100BaseT RJ45 - RJ45 LAN (Local Area Network) This is a patch cable (also called straight or straight-through cable) - used for connecting PC's to hubs, network switches, routers, DSL and ADSL modems.


do you see the bold and underlined. "Ethernet 10BaseT" ... thats 10mb /s !!!

Does anyone know of one that can do 100mb/s i.e. 100BaseT . Or am i just reading this product description wrong and seeing it can also do 100BaseT ??


Please help, i need to order by sometime tomorrow.

Peace out

 

[DSN]

This will do a gig a second

 

[MJL]

My ethernet cable goes out my window and downstairs into another window...

 

[DSN]

My cat5 goes through a stargate... beat that !

 

[MJL]

I don't think my cable is cat5, but it goes through the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

 

[PringlesInside]

This will do a gig a second

are you sure? "CAT5e (100Mhz) Ethernet 10BaseT & 100BaseT RJ45 - RJ45 LAN (Local Area Network) "

please explain how this will do a gig a second?! But will this do 100mb/s ? i really need to know as if it only does 10mb/s then i wont order

 

[djs596]

Have a read of this: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/ethernet/g/cat5-cables.htm

 

[DSN]

in a nutshell

" CAT5 enhanced ("CAT5e" or "CAT 5e") - supports networking at Gigabit Ethernet[ speeds (up to 1000 Mbps) over short distances by utilizing all four wire pairs, and it is backward-compatible with ordinary CAT5. "

 

[PringlesInside]

i know what cat5e is ^^ but thanks for general comments


i eneded up ordering this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/NO-BRAND-10mcat5ecable-Ethernet-Network/dp/B000IT5POY/ref=pd_cp_computers_1 , 10m Ethernet Network Cable .. 20m was too much i figured.