Alright, so I have a weird situation here. I work at some big store and we were doing some cleaning during which I found a very long cable that I thought looked like an RJ-45 one. So I told my boss that this was probably worth some money and it was in very good condition, which resulted in him just giving it to me because it was going to be trashed otherwise.
I bought some tools and Ethernet cable ends, and then I wired the cable. During that process I found out that it had 10 wires instead of 8, which made me believe it wasn't made for internet connection. So right now this cable is hooked from my laptop to my router and the connection is flawless. However, I did some research just now and found out that this cable is in fact an alarm security one.
So I'm wondering if it's even safe to use that kind of cable for this purpose? My internet is not fast so there isn't much data going through for now. But I plan on adding a NAS to my network in the future so I want to know just how much bandwidth these cables have.
Some more info:
Current internet speed: 10MBps
Exterior color of the cable: yellow
Additional specification on it: Solar shielded, made for outdoor applications
Number of wires: 10, plus a bare-copper one and an aluminum foil all over the 10 wires to protect them I guess.
I bought some tools and Ethernet cable ends, and then I wired the cable. During that process I found out that it had 10 wires instead of 8, which made me believe it wasn't made for internet connection. So right now this cable is hooked from my laptop to my router and the connection is flawless. However, I did some research just now and found out that this cable is in fact an alarm security one.
So I'm wondering if it's even safe to use that kind of cable for this purpose? My internet is not fast so there isn't much data going through for now. But I plan on adding a NAS to my network in the future so I want to know just how much bandwidth these cables have.
Some more info:
Current internet speed: 10MBps
Exterior color of the cable: yellow
Additional specification on it: Solar shielded, made for outdoor applications
Number of wires: 10, plus a bare-copper one and an aluminum foil all over the 10 wires to protect them I guess.