CAT 6 in TP-Link router?

[FFMG]

Hi,

I want to bring my router next to my inverter and to go from my Vumatel box to the new router location, (where the PC + TV are), to do that, I need to buy a 15m cable. (I have checked, my inverted can take the extra load and Vumatel claims they are up during loadshedding).

That should allow me to have TV+PC+Internet during the daily 4hrs down time, (as I don't have DSTV, my TV is pretty much useless without internet).

After a bit of searching around, CAT6 is apparently the best cable type to get. ...

But I am not sure if I can use it with my setup, I have a Vumatel line as well as a Cool Ideas modem, TP-LINK WR840N I think, (https://www.tp-link.com/za/home-networking/wifi-router/tl-wr840n/)

Can I get a CAT6 cable?
Is 15 meters from the box to modem too far?

Thanks

FFMG

 

[WAslayer]

Both CAT6 and CAT5 will work fine.. You are unlikely to notice a difference though and I don't think the extra cost for CAT6 justifies getting it..

 

[FFMG]

Both CAT6 and CAT5 will work fine.. You are unlikely to notice a difference though and I don't think the extra cost for CAT6 justifies getting it..

Thanks, I am not really looking for an amazing different, but if I am going to get a cable, I might as well make sure I get the best as I am going to be using it for quite some time.

 

[FFMG]

You can go 100m. Cat 6 or Cat 5e will do just fine. Not sure what the vumatel box has, but I'm sure it has an RJ45 ethernet jack which is what you need on both ends of the cat 6 or 5e ethernet cable. The router will have.

I am fairly sure it is a RJ45, it is the same as my PC/TV/MiBox ...

But how can I tell if it is and RJ45?
For example, https://www.takealot.com/category-6-network-cable-30m/PLID41213191, does not actually say if it is RJ45 or something else, (I know it is 30 meters, but that's more an example that most sites don't tell you what the jack is).

Can you just tell by looking at it?

 

[FFMG]

They're both rated at up to 1gbps.

Ah ... then it doesn't matter.

Thanks

 

[dotcat]

Thanks, I am not really looking for an amazing different, but if I am going to get a cable, I might as well make sure I get the best as I am going to be using it for quite some time.

Network cables are not like HDMI or audio. A 15m run is very short - any Cat5e cable should be fine.

 

[FFMG]

... I don't think the extra cost for CAT6 justifies getting it..

Out of curiosity ... when _would_ a CAT6 be better then a CAT5e then?

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Out of curiosity ... when _would_ a CAT6 be better then a CAT5e then?

10Gb networking or long runs.

 

[WAslayer]

Out of curiosity ... when _would_ a CAT6 be better then a CAT5e then?

Biggest difference is 10GB connection speed support for CAT6.. smaller differences are lower cross talk and snr, but at 15 meters this isn't too big of a concern, especially with a single run..

 

[FFMG]

Biggest difference is 10GB connection speed support for CAT6.. smaller differences are lower cross talk and snr, but at 15 meters this isn't too big of a concern, especially with a single run..

Cool, make sense, someone else says "They're both rated at up to 1gbps.", maybe I misunderstood the comment and I assumed that both Cat5e and Cat6 were pretty much the same thing.