big difference btw Cat-5e and Cat-6 cabling?

[demonikal]

Was looking at Tigerdirect.com. I would need I think 150 feet of ethernet cable. What I have on my current machine is Cat-5e. Says Cat-5e is 350MHz and Cat-6 is 550MHz.

Am I going to notice a difference in anything at all with Cat-6? I need it for another desktop computer, not the one I'm using now. I figure if it helps with attenuation or if it allows faster speeds, then I might as well pay the extra $22.

Thanks for any info.

 

[tremmor]

I did the same recently. 150 ft is a long way. Think mine was a 100' and works fine. Its a higher quality cable. Might as well. Its done and over. best shot.

 

[Troncoso]

Was looking at Tigerdirect.com. I would need I think 150 feet of ethernet cable. What I have on my current machine is Cat-5e. Says Cat-5e is 350MHz and Cat-6 is 550MHz.

Am I going to notice a difference in anything at all with Cat-6? I need it for another desktop computer, not the one I'm using now. I figure if it helps with attenuation or if it allows faster speeds, then I might as well pay the extra $22.

Thanks for any info.

To be technical, what it does is allow for faster local transfer speeds. It won't effect your Internet speeds at all.

 

[demonikal]

I did the same recently. 150 ft is a long way. Think mine was a 100' and works fine. Its a higher quality cable. Might as well. Its done and over. best shot.

I saw Newegg has three different kinds of Cat-6 and also one Cat-7. But 6 is UTP and 7 is STP. I remember taking a class years ago on one disadvantage of shielded, but can't remember what it was. But, no way am I gonna spend that kind of money for 7 when 6 will do just fine. Thanks.

 

[demonikal]

To be technical, what it does is allow for faster local transfer speeds. It won't effect your Internet speeds at all.

Thanks. I just wonder sometimes if 150 feet (my PC from the router/gateway) is allowing for slower local transfer speeds than if I was, say, 50 feet from it.

 

[tremmor]

I saw Newegg has three different kinds of Cat-6 and also one Cat-7. But 6 is UTP and 7 is STP. I remember taking a class years ago on one disadvantage of shielded, but can't remember what it was. But, no way am I gonna spend that kind of money for 7 when 6 will do just fine. Thanks.

Cat 7 cable. that is interesting. Haven't seen that one yet.
Too late for though. Its done and over. 5 and 6 works fine.
Know what. See no diff. life is good.

 

[voyagerfan99]

Know what. See no diff. life is good.

Maybe not in your environment, but in a corporate environment you'd see a huge difference! Cat7 has more shielding than 5 and 6 allowing for better communication over the network with less interference.

 

[Troncoso]

Maybe not in your environment, but in a corporate environment you'd see a huge difference! Cat7 has more shielding than 5 and 6 allowing for better communication over the network with less interference.

Yeah, in a corporate setting. You would never be able to notice the benefits in a home setting, beyond some faster LAN speeds.