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**johnwill** · 06-11-2009, 09:28 AM

Well, if you have gigabit or slower, anything from CAT5e up will work fine. If you plan on stringing the cables in an electrically noisy environment, or running them a really long distance (200-300 feet), I'd consider CAT6.

I bought a 1000 feet of CAT5e, and I've never run across an installation that it didn't work fine for.

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johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,802 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Which cable should I use for 100Base-Tx? Well, if you have gigabit or slower, anything from CAT5e up will work fine. If you plan on stringing the cables in an electrically noisy environment, or running them a really long distance (200-300 feet), I'd consider CAT6. I bought a 1000 feet of CAT5e, and I've never run across an installation that it didn't work fine for. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience