
Category 7 cable
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Category 7 cable".
Sep 10, 2026
AHL: Stop Letting Your Hands Argue With Your Brain
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29:38Chuck BowserHOST
I forgot to capture the person's name.
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29:40Chuck BowserHOST
In simple terms, Chuck, what's the difference between Cat 5E, Cat 6, Cat 6A, Cat 8? What is really changing? Now, the easiest way to think about the category rating cabling, now, by the way, there's Category 3, there's Category 4, there's Cat 7, Cat 7A.
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29:56Chuck BowserHOST
Cat 3 and Cat 4 are legacy cables, not supposed to be using them anymore.
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30:01Chuck BowserHOST
Cat 5 is actually one of them, too.
Hands-On Tech 280: Am I Getting True Gigabit Internet?
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12:04Mikah SargentHOST
You want Cat5e to be written on that cable or better, so Cat6, but Cat5e or better.
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12:11Mikah SargentHOST
And then don't use Cat7.
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12:13Mikah SargentHOST
Uh, pause other devices or shut them off.
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12:19Mikah SargentHOST
So what I mean is don't let anything else on the network pull any sort of connection, just this one computer.
Hands-On Tech 280: Am I Getting True Gigabit Internet?
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12:04Mikah SargentHOST
You want Cat5e to be written on that cable or better, so Cat6, but Cat5e or better.
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12:11Mikah SargentHOST
And then don't use Cat7.
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12:13Mikah SargentHOST
Uh, pause other devices- Or shut them off.
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12:19Mikah SargentHOST
So what I mean is, don't let anything else on the network pull any sort of connection, just this one computer.
HOT 280: Am I Getting True Gigabit Internet? - Gigabit Promises
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12:08Mikah SargentHOST
So Cat6, but Cat5e or better.
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12:11Mikah SargentHOST
And then don't use Cat7.
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12:13Mikah SargentHOST
Uh, pause other devices- Or shut them off.
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12:19Mikah SargentHOST
So what I mean is don't let anything else on the network pull any sort of connection, just this one computer.
HOT 280: Am I Getting True Gigabit Internet? - Gigabit Promises
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12:08Mikah SargentHOST
So Cat6, but Cat5e or better.
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12:11Mikah SargentHOST
And then don't use Cat7.
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12:14Mikah SargentHOST
Pause other devices.
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12:17Mikah SargentHOST
or shut them off.