SMUJeremyZ28 Posted February 6, 2005 CID Share Posted February 6, 2005 I know that Cat6 is good for Gigabit Ethernet, but under what distance circumstances does the line start to degrade? The reason I ask, is becuase I just bought a 50' piece of Cat6 to run from my router to my PC and wanted to see if I was losing any speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted February 6, 2005 CID Share Posted February 6, 2005 hey Jeremy i made a google search try this sites or google some more http://www.ce-pro.com/forum/printable.asp?m=44&mpage= http://www.graybar.com/vip/vipwhitepaper/TIA_Category6FAQ.html good luck VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 6, 2005 CID Share Posted February 6, 2005 CAT-5 is rated to 100M CAT-5e is rated to 350M CAT-6 and CAT6e is rated to 550M or 1000M depending on your source CAT-7 is supposedly rated to 700M or presumably 1000M So you dont need to worry about anything.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMUJeremyZ28 Posted February 6, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 6, 2005 Alright, awesome, just wanted to make sure, I was just testing my PC with the 50' CAT6 and getting a few hundred KB lower every time as compared to a 3' Cat5 cable connected to my laptop next to the router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 6, 2005 CID Share Posted February 6, 2005 That could just be internet traffic.. or the difference in the tweaks on the computer.. not related to the cable.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted February 6, 2005 CID Share Posted February 6, 2005 I also think it has to be a very long cable run before it makes any difference, unless of course there is damage to the cable along the run or its being run over fluoresent lights or heater and A.C. motors and other things like that . A regular run especially in a home or small office usually doesn't present any problems..... Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted February 6, 2005 CID Share Posted February 6, 2005 quiet freeky that i just did a piece of work for school about cat 6 i will copy paste it here, have a read if u want <WORK> Cat6: Stands for category 6 it contains four twisted copper wire pairs, just like earlier copper cable standards (Cat5). Category 6 will provide improved data throughput (1Gbps more reliable meaning less data lost among other) compared to category 5e. Cat 6 is tested on 250 MHz compared to only 100 MHz test on Cat5e (Cat5e can operate at higher frequencies but it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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