<div dir="ltr">Cat5e will most likely work for you. 35ft is not that long per the specification. Cat6 has plastic dividers between the twisted pairs. If its only 1 cable, you can spring for cat6, but if you are running many cables, I'd save money and go Cat5e.<div><br></div><div>Eric</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 1:45 PM, AZ Pete <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:plug@cactusfamily.com" target="_blank">plug@cactusfamily.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Calibri">Hi all,<br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">I <font face="Calibri">need to get some long<font face="Calibri"> <font face="Calibri">ether<font face="Calibri">net cabling for my home network<font face="Calibri"> (around 35ft). <font face="Calibri">I
current<font face="Calibri">ly have a gig<font face="Calibri">abit <font face="Calibri">swit<font face="Calibri">ch<font face="Calibri"> want
to ensure that the cable can <font face="Calibri">accommodate gig<font face="Calibri">abit <font face="Calibri">e<font face="Calibri">thernet
speed<font face="Calibri">. <font face="Calibri">For the machin<font face="Calibri">es that are
hard <font face="Calibri">wired<font face="Calibri">, I
currently <font face="Calibri">use cat
5e<font face="Calibri">.
<font face="Calibri">Lo</font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Calibri">oking on <font face="Calibri">New<font face="Calibri">Egg I see
cat <font face="Calibri">5e
and <font face="Calibri">cat 6
ca<font face="Calibri">b<font face="Calibri">les.<br>
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What's the differ<font face="Calibri">e<font face="Calibri">nce
between the
two? </font></font><font face="Calibri">D<font face="Calibri">o
I need to get
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>Cat
6 <font face="Calibri">or will
<font face="Calibri">C<font face="Calibri">at 5<font face="Calibri">e <font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">accommodate</font>
<font face="Calibri">gig<font face="Calibri">abit
n<font face="Calibri">etwork
speeds<font face="Calibri">?</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">Thanks!<br>
<font face="Calibri">Peter<br>
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