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.

Eric

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 1:45 PM, AZ Pete <plug@cactusfamily.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I need to get some long ethernet cabling for my home network (around 35ft). I currently have a gigabit switch want to ensure that the cable can accommodate gigabit ethernet speed. For the machines that are hard wired, I currently use cat 5e. Looking on NewEgg I see cat 5e and cat 6 cables.

What's the difference between the two? Do I need to get Cat 6 or will Cat 5e accommodate gigabit network speeds?

Thanks!
Peter

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