Cables

Aphex8T3 · 10 Jan 2018 at 19:06

I am going to be running an Ethernet cable form my Virgin router to my pc and I wondered is there any type I need to buy to give me good speeds. I hear about cat5 , cat6 or cat6a.

Any advice most welcome.

Aphex8T3 · 11 Jan 2018 at 07:13

I'm on virgin 200mb but pulling 130mb on the 5ghz network. Would it not be better to get a cat6.

Aphex8T3 · 11 Jan 2018 at 07:31

Am I right that on wireless it will only pick up 2.4ghz but wired I should get a better speed with the 5ghz

Aphex8T3 · 11 Jan 2018 at 08:45

So on 200mb wired I should get a decent gaming speed.

Aphex8T3 · 11 Jan 2018 at 08:53

Wonderful.

Aphex8T3 · 11 Jan 2018 at 20:19

Thanks for the advice.

Aphex8T3 · 12 Jan 2018 at 21:37

I’m hoping so pal.

Aphex8T3 · 13 Jan 2018 at 14:23

I have now hard wired by pc to the router instead of using wireless as advice. The price between a cat5e and a cat6 were neither here or there so I opted for a cat6. I have ran a speed test on my pc and wow suck a different as other members on here pointed out. My results were. ( 8ms ping - 222.39mbps download & 11.99mbps upload. )

Many thanks again.