[X4U] Network Cables and Speed

[Doug McNutt]

At 16:49 -0500 4/5/08, Doug LaBore wrote:
>On 4/5/08 3:30 PM, "Ken Schneider" <ken at schneider.net> wrote:
>
>There is so much different advice about ethernet cables that I am confused. Some people say that to get gigabit speeds you need to use Cat6 cables. Some say Cat5e is OK and some say Cat5 is OK for short runs. I want to get the fastest speeds possible. My longest cable run is 25 feet. Do I need Cat6? If I need to get Cat6 cables I will since they will be fairly short.

My son is seriously using gigabit ethernet. He finds that about a meter is all he can get with any cables.

25 feet is something more than 25 nanoseconds delay just on speed-of-light considerations. You'll have some 25 bits in transit along the line at 1 Gb/sec. Think about it.

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