Cat5 may still be an option, but Cat6 is faster, safer, and more durable Cat5 cables were the best option for wired networking (also called Ethernet) for a long time. But since the release of Cat6 ...

Every so often, we get questions from people who plan to install Ethernet cable in their homes. The most frequent question we get is, "what's the difference between Cat 5e and Cat 6 cable ...

WA sure does seem to take the black art of cable manufacture seriously. When they read the Cat 6 specification, they knew they couldn’t just keep building the cables the way they used to.

But choosing between Ethernet cable options is complex, and making the right selection starts with understanding the distinctions between the latest categories of cabling: CAT 6, CAT 7 and CAT 8.

There are many different types of ethernet cables, each fulfilling a specific purpose. If you were browsing the internet in the 90s, you likely used a Category 3 cable to facilitate your connection.

If you want a faster networking experience up to 10Gbps, then a Cat6 cable is your best option for cables up to 150ft. They also offer much better shielding against noise and crosstalk ...

If you’ve been browsing Ethernet cables online you may have seen that they come with names like CAT 5, CAT 6, CAT 7, and CAT 8. And no, we’re not talking about the feline kind of CAT…meow!

While Cat5e and Cat6 cables look exactly the same from the outside, it is what’s inside that makes the difference. Selecting the best solution for a network system can seem like a daunting task.

The place I'll be buying the cable from sells 100FT and 50FT lengths of cat6 for only $10 and $5 more than cat5e, respectively. Based on my rough measurements, I will only need about 110 feet ...

A new audiophile product has landed and this time it's an insanely expensive Cat-6 Ethernet cable. The selling point for this Cat-6 cable appears to be a notion that your junky network cables that ...