I wonder if given a choice for the same price, in the same brand, after a network switch with an output of 100 mbps, if a1000 Mbps cable would be better than the 100 Mbps, or is it just the same? or worse? Any idea here?
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I use CatSnake 6a Floating Ethernet cables.
Work as 5e cables which is fine for Fast (100mbps) and Gigabit (1000mbps).
Relatively cheap in the scheme of things but very good quality, tested and flexible for ease of use.
Made improvements over the Chord Signature X and Epic streaming cables I was using previously.
DG…
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They are both equally compatible. I suppose in theory there are two considerations:
- A CAT6 cable should have superior noise rejection for compliance with it’s standard. But…
- A CAT5 cable will have fewer conductors to actually pick up common mode noise in the first place. But…
- NICs already offer excellent rejection of noise via isolation so the latter point is probably moot.
I wouldn’t get hung up on it. There aren’t many CAT5 cables still around. Use what you have.
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Hi, no difference. The only actual difference at a physical level between a Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) cable and a Gigabit (1000 Mbps) cable is the number of twisted pairs used in the cable, the latter has four pairs the former has two pairs. This is for Cat5e or higher.
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Really???
I think it was post that should have been for tomorrow morning……
Possibly some old drums of 2P4C cable (ie old style 4 wire CAT 5 cable) in a fancy cable shroud.
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This is the description on their web site
I am only providing this as information.
I use a Chord Sarum Tuned ARAY streaming cable between the EtherREGEN Port B and my NDS.
I originally heard this cable at a show, in a demonstration where the system started with a C-Stream cable, then to the Indigo Tuned ARAY streaming cable, without any change to the system or content, then to the Sarum Tuned ARAY streaming cable, to experience the difference between the 3 different cables. I also observed that it was just a change of cable, and also went backwards and forward between the cables to check that the differences came from the cable usage.
Most of our home network runs on Cat5e…… the Cisco units seem to think that they’re running at Gigabit speed, so who am I to argue? 
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Cat5e will run at gigabit speed for shorter lengths of cable (under 100m). However you could probably program the Cisco interface to reduce to 100Mb.
IIRC, my longest length ( ooh er, missus) is about twenty metres. So I’m happy to let the system find its own level.
Cat 5e will support Gigabit (1000BaseTx) to 100 metres. There is no significant analogue bandwidth difference between 100 BaseTx and 1000 BaseTx, it’s the difference in the number of pairs and analogue symbol encoding type that is key. I think you might be thinking of 10 Gbps and Cat 6
Yes any configurable switch can set the port type to only negotiate 100 Mbps (known as Fast Ethernet) if it can support higher sync speeds such as Gigabit Ethernet.
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After much discussion on previous threads I settled for ‘Blue Jeans Cable Bonded Pair Cat 6a Ethernet Cable’ throught my home environment and the music sounds sublime!
Using the search feature with the words ‘blue jeans’ there are 50+ threads for anyone’s reading enjoyment on cables…
In my opinion, any cheap, well-built, fully certified floating 5e and above cable will do.
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