CAT6 cable by the roll

[James Knott]

Jamon Camisso wrote:
> Madison Kelly wrote:
>> David J Patrick wrote:
>>> I need another roll of network cable.
>>> First of all, is cat6 the same as cat5, but higher specs ?
>>> and secondly,
>>> where is a god place to buy that sort of thing ?
>>> Sonham ?
>>> Active Surplus ?
>>> Above All electronics ?
>>> somewheres else ?
>>>
>>> djp
>>>
>>
>> I've gotten stuff from Noramco before. Decent price and good quality.
>>
>> For most purposes, Cat5e will be just fine. As has been said, Cat6 is
>> just a higher standard. Unless you are wiring one heck of a network,
>> you will probably be perfectly happy with Cat5e (unshielded, unless
>> you will be running near nasty EMI).
>
> Here we are: http://www.connectworld.net/syscon/support.htm
>
> "1. What is the difference between CAT-5, CAT-5e, CAT-6, CAT-7...
>
> The Simple Answer:
> 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"
>
> I hadn't heard of the 6e variety. What is so enhanced (and how) where
> the e designator is present anyways?
>

What do you mean by "M" in the above?  If metres, you're wrong.  Also,
"e" refers to "enhanced".


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