CAT5e or CAT6

[PeterBrown123]

Hello,
I am going to buy a cable to connect my device and I do not understand the types.
I’m not familiar with this, consider choosing CAT5e or CAT6.
I searched on Google and saw a blog, is true or not?
Can anyone advise me and tell me why?
Thank you in advance.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Welcome to the dis, Pete.

 

[Dan Murphy]

This may help?

https://www.cablematters.com/blog/Networking/cat5e-vs-cat6

 

[EACarlson]

I'm actually researching the same thing. I'm buying a new house and need to wire a few things. I'm going for Cat5e for all of my computer connections. I'm doing this because I'm going to have 1gb internet service, nothing that really only transmits data on my network, my router only works to 1gb on it's hardwired connections.
I'm considering going to Cat6 for a wired Backhaul if I add another router to my setup in a mesh configuration. And if you don't know what any of that means, don't worry about it.

 

[sam_gordon]

I'm actually researching the same thing. I'm buying a new house and need to wire a few things. I'm going for Cat5e for all of my computer connections. I'm doing this because I'm going to have 1gb internet service, nothing that really only transmits data on my network, my router only works to 1gb on it's hardwired connections.
I'm considering going to Cat6 for a wired Backhaul if I add another router to my setup in a mesh configuration. And if you don't know what any of that means, don't worry about it.

I think Cat6 would give you more future proofing. Sure, you will only have 1gb internet to start, but what about in 5 years? 10? I wired our house in 2002 w/5e. It's been just fine, but I still like future proofing better.

 

[Mrs.AMC]

Installing CAT cable and fiber is what my company does. For business environments, not home based.
I’ll put it this way. We pretty much stopped installing CAT5e period.
All installs are CAT6 now. If they aren’t fiber that is
Many of our long term customers are having us pull the CAT5e we installed and replace it with CAT6

 

[bcla]

Hello,
I am going to buy a cable to connect my device and I do not understand the types.
I’m not familiar with this, consider choosing CAT5e or CAT6.
I searched on Google and saw a blog, is true or not?
Can anyone advise me and tell me why?
Thank you in advance.

If you're just connecting equipment for now where it's not installed in a wall, CAT5 is fine. It's capable of up to 1 Gbit/sec raw data transfer. Most people don't have equipment that is capable of more than 1 Gbit/sec.

Some of my cables are 20 year old CAT5 and they work just fine with my gigabit capable equipment.

 

[EACarlson]

I think Cat6 would give you more future proofing. Sure, you will only have 1gb internet to start, but what about in 5 years? 10? I wired our house in 2002 w/5e. It's been just fine, but I still like future proofing better.

Going with in wall cable Cat6 is a no brainer, the difficulty in accessing it to replace makes the upfront cost worthwhile. In my case and from my understanding of the OP, I don't feel the cost difference is worth it. In 10 years the equipment could be completely different. Right now there really isn't a lot of residential infrastructure in both cards in devices and routers that make use of Cat6. If I need to replace one or two cables that are run across the ceiling of my basement it's not worth the large cost difference.