Quick question-cat 5

[ta8689]

Ok, want to run a 150 ft cat-5 cable to my room (from the router in living room) Is cat5 ok?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
thats what i want to buy right now.

 

[MrPickins]

That should work just fine.

Cat 5 is certified for 10/100 ethernet, Cat5e is the same basic cable, just higher quality, and certified for Gigabit ethernet.

 

[ta8689]

ok good... it is cat5e i ordered it already. Ill have 3 computers on the router. 2 of them will be hooked up with cat5e and the other will be on a 54mbps wireless card. (Linksys)

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I like the gigabit LAN upgrade I did at the house. Transferred 5.x gigs of data from my wife's machine to mine in 2 minutes & 15 seconds...