I came to know that cat 6 is much better than cat 5e ethernet cable. I was planning to replace my cat 5e but then I heard that cat 6 needs special requirements that my computer may not have. My computer is an hp with AMD Athlon 2 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB harddisk and Internet service is Verizon FIOS. Can I use cat 6? Also, will that increase the internet speed/performance?
2007-06-19 12:09:08 · 2 answers · asked by Legend 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
It wont make one single difference to your INTERNET speed period. That speed is totally controlled by your ISP. Even with cat 5 (not even 5e) you have 100MB local connection! Your internet speed is WELL BELOW THAT even with FIOS its only about 20MB.
You would also have to change all your ethernet cards, switches, routers etc to 1000MB in order to gain anything. The effect would only be on the Local LAN not the internet.
2007-06-19 12:13:54 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
just replace the router/hub and you network cards. it is no need at all to replace the cables! belive me, i'm using a 1000mb lan myself, and one standard phonecable to connect the computers, and it makes no difrence
2007-06-19 19:18:18 · answer #2 · answered by gunnar t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋