Can I use a cat 7 cable for this router?

[Jawz_cod]

Hi, I'm wondering if a cat 7 cable would work for this router. I don't know much about it, but I read that a category 7 cable needed to be grounded and stuff. So how would I ground it, if it fits in my router? I want cat 7 because it's not expensive, will be going 50 feet, and I because I found some that are flat cables.

Thanks for your time!

 

[bill001g]

Yes but you are wasting you money. Cat7 is designed to 10g ports but is backward compatible.

I would look for cat5e cable. Be very careful a lot of flat cable is not certified.

Anyone can say cat5 cat6 etc but unless it says it is eia/tia certified it means little. There is a bunch of uncertified cat5 and cat6 cable on amazon that is CCA. Copper clad aluminum will never pass the certification requirements but the people selling it do their very best to confuse.

Cat7 jacks are suppose to be grounded but it makes little difference on short runs.

 

[USAFRet]

Ya know, you can find 'flat' Cat5e cables, and have no worries.
Cat7 gives you no benefit.

 

[gerr]

CAT 5e is fine, but if you can get CAT 6 or CAT 6e for nearly the same price, they are a bit better, but you won't notice any difference. I don't think CAT 7 is an official standard yet, so best to avoid that.

 

[Jawz_cod]

Does this look good and like it will work for my router? I just want to make sure before I buy two of them.

Thanks again for your time!

 

[bill001g]

Unless you have to have flat cable I would not buy it. Normally flat cable is used to get though a door or window.

I seriously doubt it is a actual certified cable. That does not mean it will not work it just means you might have issues with it.

I am not sure there even exists a flat cable that can pass the tests. Many use very thin wire which by itself make it not certified. It is really too bad the meters to certify cable cost so much money. I know we tested a 100ft long flat cable and it did not pass a lot of the crosstalk tests. It did not say EIA/TIA on the side so that is a good indication of non certified cable.

I would try really hard to use normal cable if you can. There really is no way to tell how good a cable is if it does not actually follow the standard.

 

[Jawz_cod]

Unless you have to have flat cable I would not buy it. Normally flat cable is used to get though a door or window.

I seriously doubt it is a actual certified cable. That does not mean it will not work it just means you might have issues with it.

I am not sure there even exists a flat cable that can pass the tests. Many use very thin wire which by itself make it not certified. It is really too bad the meters to certify cable cost so much money. I know we tested a 100ft long flat cable and it did not pass a lot of the crosstalk tests. It did not say EIA/TIA on the side so that is a good indication of non certified cable.

I would try really hard to use normal cable if you can. There really is no way to tell how good a cable is if it does not actually follow the standard.

Thanks for the fast response!

I am still going to buy it for what I'm doing, because it's going under a door and possibly a carpet. I definitely won't use it unless I have to for other things.

 

[VincentP]

Does this look good and like it will work for my router? I just want to make sure before I buy two of them.

Thanks again for your time!

These cables as fine. You don't need anything fancy to connect gigabit ethernet over 15m.

Cat 6 can technically be used for gigabit ethernet up to 100m or 10 gigabit ethernet up to 55m.
It is when you have long cable runs on gigabit or want to use 10 gigabit that cable quality is more important.
Many cat6 cables probably don't really meet the cat 6 spec, but cat 5e is just as good for gigabit ethernet.