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njrichie
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[OOL] SamKnows Report Card - August 2013

Note that the Cat 5 standard does NOT support gigabit speeds. Check the jacket of your patch cable! Make sure it says Cat5e before you connect it.

Cat5: A Little Older, A Little Slower

Category 5 cabling, also known as Cat5, is an older type of network cabling. Cat5 cables were made to support theoretical speeds of 10Mbps and 100Mbps. You may be able to get gigabit speeds on a Cat5 cable, particularly if the cable is shorter, but it isn"t always guaranteed.

Since Cat5 is an older type of cabling, you probably won"t see them very much in the store, but you may have gotten some with an older router, switch or other networking device.

Cat5e: Faster with Less Interference

Category 5 enhanced cabling, also known as Cat5e, is an improvement on Cat5 cabling. It was made to support 1000 Mbps "gigabit' speeds, so in theory, it"s faster than Cat5. It it also cuts down on crosstalk, the interference you can sometimes get between wires inside the cable. Both of these improvements mean you"re more likely to get fast, reliable speed out of Cat5e cabling compared to Cat5.

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CAT5 supports 1Gbps just fine, just not on super long runs which is where CAT5e and 6 comes in.

Nice average speeds there though for the month. I need to do some testing on mine too.

njrichie
join:2001-04-13
Matawan, NJ

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njrichie

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You obviously disagree with the wiring standard and have your own personal views which are not supported by the technology of cat 5 wire. I guess your part of not all that they talk about below.

"The biggest difference between Cat 5 cable and Cat 5e cable or Category 5 enhanced cable is that Cat 5 cable achieves a greater standard of data transmission. This is why structured cabling contractors have all but replaced Cat 5 cable with Category 5e in all new voice and data cable installations.

Cat 5e cable can handle data transfers up to 1000 Mbps which makes it suitable for Gigabit Ethernet. In addition, Cat 5e cable was designed to have a better resistance to near-end crosstalk or interference."
dm145
join:2009-12-12
Clifton, NJ

dm145

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Cat 5 running a few feet in you home from cable modem to router will be just fine. Your cat 5 that didn't work most likely was bad or was a cross over cable. The router can't tell difference between 5 and 5e!

njrichie
join:2001-04-13
Matawan, NJ

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njrichie

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Your are asking home users to use cabling which is NOT the standard for their gigabit speed connections. CAT 5 is NOT the standard for gigabit connections, they don't even include CAT 5 patch cables with gigabit routers. Using Cat5e and avoiding unnecessary wiring problems is not bad advice for home users who have very limited technical knowledge. Using substandard wiring to save a few bucks is really what your advocating.

EliteData
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said by njrichie:

Your are asking home users to use cabling which is NOT the standard for their gigabit speed connections. CAT 5 is NOT the standard for gigabit connections, they don't even include CAT 5 patch cables with gigabit routers. Using Cat5e and avoiding unnecessary wiring problems is not bad advice for home users who have very limited technical knowledge. Using substandard wiring to save a few bucks is really what your advocating.

1) most optimum users use wireless than wired.
2) Cat5e or Cat5, does it really matter, unless youre transferring data between wired LAN devices that support GigE, the maximum download speed with optimum is 101Mbit.
3) this is completely off topic (samknows report card)

njrichie
join:2001-04-13
Matawan, NJ

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1) False, The CM is connected by a wired connection to the PC to obtain the advertised gigabit speeds. We don't all use just wireless connections at home.
2)Cat 5e is the way to obtain Giagbit connections on a wired connection from the CM to the Router and the router to the PC. And we are getting more than 101 Mbps download speeds with this new tier.
3) This is on topic, as it pertains to the Sam Knows router which must be connected property to obtain gigabit speed connections to accurately report this new tier thru a wired connection from the CM to the Sam Knows router.
4) This is my last and final post on this topic.

EliteData
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Philippines

EliteData

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said by njrichie:

4) This is my last and final post on this topic.

congratulations.
your point is taken and has been since the time you first posted, but those reporting information from their "samknows" routers which this discussion is entirely about, obviously know well enough how to connect their own equipment correctly to get the "advertised" speed optimum offers (why would you have this "samknows" router in the first place ?).
so i dont really see a valid point with all your multiple "argumentative" encyclopedia reply posts in this thread debating about the differences and the use of cat5 and cat5e, is it really that big of a deal for what this topic discussion is really about ?
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