Does it make sense to upgrade my ethernet cables?
Does it make sense to upgrade my ethernet cables?
So I self host some stuff like jellyfin, ssh server for borg backup etc. over lan(Asus RT-AX53U router).
And just noticed that i still use cat5 and cat5e cables.
Does it make sense to upgrade to newer cat8 cables?
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What you should be asking is whether the cables qre the bottleneck in your network or not.
Is there any link that is not negotiating 1Gbps? Do you have devices that could push 10Gbps but the cable is not allowing it? If not, then there's no need to upgrade them.
Unless, of course, if you want to do it just for fun, which is also a legitimate reason 😄
Right? I also wanted slightly longer 2m cables, but thats secondary.
A 2 metre 5e cable will be a hell of a lot cheaper than a 2m CAT8 cable, and unless your internal network is faster than a gigabit or two there's really no point in using anything more expensivethatn 5e or maybe 6.
Cat 5e supports 5 and 10GbE at least for 10 meters. I wouldn't bet on it considering the price of Cat 6a but 2 meters is really short.