Cat 7 cable a no go?.....

conuk

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Hi all - thought I'd run a 15 meter cable around the house (while the wife wasn't home ;)) -
quite happy with myself then realized there was no signal from the

ASUS RT AC3200 (virgin media hub in modem mode) and the cat 7 cable - its a brand new cable that says is backwards compatible etc so thought would be advantageous to get this over Cat6 etc....

Am about to return it - is there a major difference.. swapping ports with the other cat 6 cables work fine so it seems the router it doesn't like the cat 7 cable.

Anything to change in router settings before I return it and order a different (cat6) cable ?

Thanks in advance.
 
Cat7 isn't real, you've bought some marketing guff. Get a Cat6 cable from a quality brand and return what you bought, presumably to Amazon.
 
thanks for the reply - yep there..... and they also have Cat 8 :D

What are reputable brands in cable? ...... Im assuming ethernet is not quite as bad as the HDMI cables of old at £50 for a meter? :)
 
Unless your run is close to 100 metres, running alongside mains electricity and expected to carry 10Gbps with PoE, just get cat 5e. There's really no difference in a residential environment and cat5e is much easier to work with. Avoid cheap random Chinese tat off marketplace sellers - it's usually copper coated aluminium and rubbish. For one run it's pointless hitting up the likes of FS or CableMonkey. I've had decent luck with the Amazon Basics range. Their cable is usually nice quality and works well. This one is 15 metres for £8.62.
 
Armageus said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £14.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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That's cheap, I forgot OcUK sold some (limited) cabling. The shipping though?! ROFLCOPTER at it costing an extra 150% of the item. All a coiled patch lead needs is a first class stamp and a Jiffy bag, surely? Thank God for free forum members' postage! It's twice the length the OP asked for a cheap though, so if they sell ~15M or you don't mind the excess, grab this instead OP (again, as long as you have free shipping / forum account linked to your shop account).
 
Rainmaker said:
That's cheap, I forgot OcUK sold some (limited) cabling. The shipping though?! ROFLCOPTER at it costing an extra 150% of the item. All a coiled patch lead needs is a first class stamp and a Jiffy bag, surely? Thank God for free forum members' postage! It's twice the length the OP asked for a cheap though, so if they sell ~15M or you don't mind the excess, grab this instead OP (again, as long as you have free shipping / forum account linked to your shop account).
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shipping is free for forum members.
 
excellent - never thought of checking OCUK for cabling to be fair - how rude!

Thanks chaps.
 
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