Is it a bridging router cable or just a long cat one?
Is it a bridging router cable or just a long cat one?
Do I have this place or do I pay to use it? If you own it, maybe you need to run new cables through that brand of pipe stuff. It's a bit annoying but you only get so far as the cable goes anyway. If you're renting, then chances are pretty slim you'll get one too.
I own this cable but bought it anyway because my friends told me to wait. I installed it yesterday. It is currently hidden under a skirting board in one room, while on the other side it sticks up near the fireplace and around the ceiling. Even though I didn't put it running yet, testing without power showed much better speeds. The part going under the carpet is a busy path for people walking through the house, so they will likely step right over it anyway since it sits just next to the door.
I believe almost all flat ethernet cable works fine for 100mbps speeds. However, most don't actually follow the right rules about how to twist it or how thick the wire is. They often promise something much better than what they deliver in cat6/7/8 stuff. In reality, these cables work great and some even reach gigabit speed, but they are nowhere near what their ads say they can do. There are real flat cables out there that meet the actual standards, like this one from Edimax: https://www.edimax.com/edimax/merch...al...a3_series/ But a lot of cheaper ones on Amazon don't match up. If you cut some in half, they look totally different and not even twisted the way advertised.
It isn't actually Cat6 because that standard needs a special plastic piece to stop wires from bumping into each other while also forcing the pairs to twist at a specific speed for every meter of distance. All this means you need a round cable; if it were flat, it would lack both the physical separator and those twists. It's basically just a Cat5e cable. That isn't a big deal as long as there is enough space between the cables and not near any other interference sources. Going 20 meters might be pushing it but should work fine if you aren't close to power lines.
I need about two or three meters of space, and my spot has a wire right next to it. It's been okay so far though. Now I'm trying something new because I love taking risks!