What cable have i got?

joelk2

joelk2

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A friend at work gave me about 50m of cable an old house mate left him. he doesnt know what Cat cable it is and its not in a box or anything, im about to put in a few runs (5m in length) of cable in my house so he gave it me to save me buying some.

the only details written on the side of it is 4 pair system cable.

would it be any good?

how would i know if its cat 5e?
 
Have another look on the side of the cable, it will usually give a verified/certified to 'CAT 5E' or similar on it but it may be further along the run.
 
Sorry for lack of info but that's basically what it is.

http://imgur.com/a/1zIJM

First picture showing the 4 X twisted pairs.

Second picture shows the only writing on the cable. 24awg 4pair utp system cable. The number I assume is what mtr it's at as that changes along the cable
 
Hard to tell if it's 5 or 5e but chances are it's 5e. For shorter runs including your 5 metre ones then even cat 5 would be fine for gigabit speeds anyway.
 
That's cat 5e. I can tell from the twists, and from having seen many a cat 5e in my time.
 
Cheers chaps. Is there anyway I can tell for sure? Ie putting some plugs on the ends and transferring a file? Or plugging in PC and seeing connection speed? Are they good enough tests?
 
joelk2 said:
Cheers chaps. Is there anyway I can tell for sure? Ie putting some plugs on the ends and transferring a file? Or plugging in PC and seeing connection speed? Are they good enough tests?
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If you did that in the first place you wouldn't have had to start a thread lol.
 
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