Cat5 to Cat6 Network Cable, worth it for me?

That Guy · 29 Jan 2014 at 11:53

Right well I have a couple of quid left in amazon credit and was thinking of replacing a 1m length of cat5 cable for cat6. The cable runs between my BT Home Hub and Airport Express.

Will this make the slightest bit of difference to me or is it just not worth bothering? I am guessing it would only be worth it for longer cable runs?

Virdi · 29 Jan 2014 at 11:56

If both devices have 'Gigabit' ports - then it might well be worth it...

That Guy · 29 Jan 2014 at 11:58

Virdi said:
If both devices have 'Gigabit' ports - then it might well be worth it...

BT Home Hub has 1 I believe but Airport Express doesn't.

All devices are connected wirelessly to the Airport Express too, the cable only feeds internet from the Home Hub to the Airport Express.

tom_e · 29 Jan 2014 at 11:59

It'll make no difference at that sort of length even Cat5 can do gigabit iirc.

SC0TTRS · 29 Jan 2014 at 13:00

Absolutely no difference...

That Guy · 29 Jan 2014 at 13:03

Thanks for the replies!

Will save the Amazon credit for a rainy day

MooMoo444 · 29 Jan 2014 at 17:17

Get a gold plated one ^__^