What network cable should you buy? - Overview of Ethernet cables (cat 5e vs cat 6 vs cat 8)

People often go onto Amazon when they need a new ethernet cable and simply purchase the highest rated cable that there is, currently CAT8, however that is completely unnecessary as there is currently not a device on the market that can use CAT8. Currently there are really just three types of ethernet cable that you should look at: CAT 5e, CAT6 and CAT6A and the choice between them is simple:
Do you need 1GbE: CAT 5e
Do you need 10GbE less than 55m: CAT6
Do you need 10GbE greater than 55m: CAT6A.

CAT 7 really does not have a use case what so ever and CAT8 will be able to run the 40GbE standard when it does come out.

#CAT8 #CAT6 #10GbE #Networking #HomeLab

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