I have two PCs at home, both with Diamond's HomeFree NICs. Currently they are connected with a 15' Cat 5 cable and everything works fine. I wanted to move one of the PCs so I purchased a Belkin 25' Cat 5e cable. With the Cat 5e installed nothing works. I thought it might be a defective cable so I went back to the store and swapped it. With the new cable I get the same results.
Everything I have read tells me that Cat 5e should work better than Cat 5. Is it the extra 10', a setting that needs to be changed or will Cat 5e just not work?
Everything I have read tells me that Cat 5e should work better than Cat 5. Is it the extra 10', a setting that needs to be changed or will Cat 5e just not work?