Cat5 cables were the best option for wired networking (also called Ethernet) for a long time. But since the release of Cat6, ...

A lot home networks use an older CAT5 or CAT5e cable. Nowadays, however, it's worth swapping to a CAT6 network cable, especially if you've got fast internet.

Hey folks, I've been making my own cables for a long time now, but have had to hide them under stuff since I never owned my own home. Now that I do have a house, I want to run some cat6 throughout.

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 ...

However, the distinctions between CAT 6, CAT 7 and CAT 8 cables are more nuanced. Here’s what you need to know: CAT 6 is the sixth generation of ethernet cabling used in enterprise and home networks.

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 ...

Cat 6 is cable that's more reliable at higher speeds than Cat 5 or Cat 5e. They look pretty much the same; in fact, Cat 6 is backward compatible with Cat 4, so you can mix and match.

Though we’ve never used their cables, [Blue Jeans Cable] out of Seattle, WA sure does seem to take the black art of cable manufacture seriously.When they read the Cat 6 specification, they knew ...

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!