iFelsie Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Hello! I have a ETL VERIFIED Cat .5e FTP TIA/EIA-568B.2 internet cable and a ETL CAT.6 UTP TIA/EIA 568B.2 CM 4PR. which should I use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL317 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I would honestly use the cat5e FTP rather than the cat6 UTP. Foil shielded cables have been good to me over the last few years. Cat6 should only really be needed if you have a huge amount (like gigabit) of bandwidth or you're running that cable over a considerable distance. Cat5e is good for 1000Mb/1Gb but cat6 allows you to maintain 10Gb over distances as far as 50m I believe. N3CR0 and Netduma Jack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFelsie Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 I would honestly use the cat5e FTP rather than the cat6 UTP. Foil shielded cables have been good to me over the last few years. Cat6 should only really be needed if you have a huge amount (like gigabit) of bandwidth or you're running that cable over a considerable distance. Cat5e is good for 1000Mb/1Gb but cat6 allows you to maintain 10Gb over distances as far as 50m I believe. Ok thanks! i have a 100 download and 10 upload Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL317 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Ok thanks! i have a 100 download and 10 upload Cat5e will be more than enough then iFelsie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netduma Staff Netduma Jack Posted March 8, 2018 Netduma Staff Share Posted March 8, 2018 Ok thanks! i have a 100 download and 10 upload The advice above is great, I'm not sure I can add anything else! I agree, CAT 5e would be a great cable for those speeds. Please let us know if you have any more questions iFelsie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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