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I Have just bought 2 cat6 ethernet cables on advice from an internet engineer, saying that this will improve the connection, But i noticed on the belkin box it came in there is a space for cat7. Is it worth looking for a cat7 and if so where can i purchase such an item?
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Regards, Mark 1971x ------------ I didn't think cat7 was widely available at the moment, i' expect t se eit emerge more next year. I may be wrong.------------ Cant see you getting any improvement over a Cat5 to be honest unless it is over huge distances or you re-wire your whole set-up.....
Hi there is a detailed listing of the differences at the bottom of this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_...
it's just a measure of how fast the cable will allow a network signal to travel over it. Cat 5 is for 100 megabit (100BaseT), cat 5e was the first functional (it worked most of the time) 1000 megabit (gigabit or 1000BaseT), and cat 6 is the first official gigabit.
For any network device, unless both the device and the switch you are connecting it too are gigabit, then you do not need cat6, and there would be no benefit to using cat6 unless you were running a cable more than 100 Meters long.------------ As far as I am aware the network adapter in the 360 is 10/100 (i.e. it supports networks up too 100MB/s) so you should require nothing over and above Cat5e cabling. Cat6 and 7 are for higher speeds of network so it would be extra money spent for little to no benefit.------------ did the network guru happen to sell you the cable too? $$$$$------------
------------ As others have said, you'll get no real benefit. Standard cat5 would be fine over any reasonable distance.------------ Did they say it was better for the 360, or networks in general. As stated the 360 can't do anything that even a Cat 5e can do over standard Cat 5.
If you had a network set-up with gigabit switches, then the Cat6 would be better to use, but even then not much use when all you are doing is surfing on a 8meg internet connection.------------ have every room(some rooms with 3 cables) in my house wired with cat5e back to a 24 port gigabit switch. anything i plug in in any room that supports gigabit has no problem connecting at gigabit speeds. and the calbes were even hand terminated by me
save your money, for the distances involved in houses cat5e will support gigabit no problem------------
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