cat 6

Forum discussion tagged with cat 6.
  1. cydewaze

    [SOLVED] Cat 6 wiring question

    I'm in the process of running some cat 6 cable from my main router to my basement in hopes of getting a better connection to my Xbox that's in the basement. Right now, my ISP-provided router lives in an addition to the house, which is separated from the main house by an old exterior brick/block...
  2. M

    [SOLVED] Cat 6 cable works on laptop but not on my desktop PC ?

    I just got a new cat 6e cable for my desktop and it didn’t work so I thought it is faulty but I decided to try it on my laptop and it worked fine. I tried a lot of fixes on the internet and I can’t seem to make it work.
  3. S

    [SOLVED] Intermittent problem on long ethernet cable

    This problem is driving me crazy. I laid down an unshielded CAT 6 ethernet cable (exterior reinforced cable) between my house and a shack in the garden, this over a length of roughly 30 meters. The cable is mostly running outside, except for a stretch of 5 meters where it's running in a 230V...
  4. B

    [SOLVED] Ethernet Speed

    Hi, So I just got a new router with my roommates and it is supposed to have a 1Gigabit connection. My PS4 is connected via a CAT5 ethernet cable but the highest speeds I can achieve are around 250 mbps down and 6.8 up when my roommates PC is getting around 900 download and 114 upload. I have...
  5. Dcopymope

    [SOLVED] A question about Category 6 Ethernet cables

    I know Cat6 cables are capable of transferring data at 10 gbps , but since my modem only gives a maximum throughput of 1gbps and my network interface card is also a 1 gigabit Ethernet adapter, what is the use of a Cat 6 Ethernet cable beyond better protection against electromagnetic...
  6. F

    Question What cable name connects to the ONT port on modems

    Recently had internet installed but the cable that goes to the modems ONT port is way too short im trying to replace it with something longer. Can i replace it with a cat6 cable?
  7. Desighen456

    [SOLVED] Ethernet cat 5e, 6 or 6a for PS4?

    I need a 10m cable for my PS4 slim. My internet is only 20MB though. Which 1 is better for me? Is 6 worth it when I have a slow internet?
  8. kinggaming60

    [SOLVED] 100Mbp/s with CAT 6

    I recently upgraded to a CAT 6 cable and i still only get 100Mbp/s. I have already changed the speed&Duplex of my ethernet driver and still nothing has changed. My motherboard is a ASUS Prime Z370-P so it should be able to get 1.0Gbp/s right? Thanks!