Cat6 cables useful?

I guess this is off-topic, but I AM using cables to interconnect among
my wireless router, client bridge, PC, and media extender.

Is there any value in using Cat6 ethernet cables with these devices? I
am using 802.11g and I might upgrade to 802.11n. I am interested in
performance, and also reliability. If a fancy cable can eliminate an
entry in a list of trouble-shooting tasks, I am all for it.

I also have Cat5 and Cat5e cables in my hell box. I don't really understand
the practical differences among all of these. I see that they are rated
to a maximum count of MHz, but I don't know how to translate that into
network performance and reliability.
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David Arnstein (00)
arnstein+usenet@pobox.com {{ }}
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David Arnstein wrote:
> I guess this is off-topic, but I AM using cables to interconnect among
> my wireless router, client bridge, PC, and media extender.
>
> Is there any value in using Cat6 ethernet cables with these devices? I
> am using 802.11g and I might upgrade to 802.11n. I am interested in
> performance, and also reliability. If a fancy cable can eliminate an
> entry in a list of trouble-shooting tasks, I am all for it.
>
> I also have Cat5 and Cat5e cables in my hell box. I don't really understand
> the practical differences among all of these. I see that they are rated
> to a maximum count of MHz, but I don't know how to translate that into
> network performance and reliability.

For home use NO Cat5e is good for Gigahertz.

Cat 6 is over kill most things cat 6 and 7 may be usefull for 10G

Hi,

Cat5e is mostly used, it can reach up to 100Mbps at 100 meter distance,
this is more than 802.11g can reach (54Mbps) while 802.11g+ can reach
108Mbps in theory or if both units are few meters away in the same
room!

Don't look for Cat6 or Cat7

Panda,
www.networkingland.com/wifi_special.htm


Neuromancer wrote:
> David Arnstein wrote:
> > I guess this is off-topic, but I AM using cables to interconnect among
> > my wireless router, client bridge, PC, and media extender.
> >
> > Is there any value in using Cat6 ethernet cables with these devices? I
> > am using 802.11g and I might upgrade to 802.11n. I am interested in
> > performance, and also reliability. If a fancy cable can eliminate an
> > entry in a list of trouble-shooting tasks, I am all for it.
> >
> > I also have Cat5 and Cat5e cables in my hell box. I don't really understand
> > the practical differences among all of these. I see that they are rated
> > to a maximum count of MHz, but I don't know how to translate that into
> > network performance and reliability.
>
> For home use NO Cat5e is good for Gigahertz.
>
> Cat 6 is over kill most things cat 6 and 7 may be usefull for 10G

Panda wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Cat5e is mostly used, it can reach up to 100Mbps at 100 meter distance,
> this is more than 802.11g can reach (54Mbps) while 802.11g+ can reach
> 108Mbps in theory or if both units are few meters away in the same
> room!
>

um the rule of thumb is cut the max speed in half to get a rough idea
what the speed will be on a good conection as wireless has a lot of
over head.

Cat 5 UTP can (if terminated properly) handle 1 Gbs in each direction.