crossover cable or regular Cat5 cable when going from router to NICses???

[ssgohan434]

from NiC to NIC u use a crossover cable, but from routers to NICs u use a regular cable right? i dont wanna order the wrong cables. Also from a cable modem to a router u use a regular CAT5 cable right?

ty (newb to this corner of the woods)

edit: also what is the difference between a 350mhz cable and a 500mhz cable??? also what is the difference between a CAT6 cable and a CAT5 cable? also what is the difference between a CAT5e cable and a CAT5 cable????

also that is a lot of alsos.

 

[tom kruze]

Yes, to go from the router to your pc you use regular cable not crossover. As for the mhz cable beats me i have no idea about that stuff. Hope this helps.

tom kruze

 

[DDR-PIII]

350 and 500Mhz, 350 is just for standard use, 500 is if you've got something that could push that data and recieve it too.

 

[nerdlogic]

Okay, your first 2 questions have been answered. Cat levels are just different degrees of shielding. Cat 5e is shielded better than Cat 5 and the same goes for Cat 6 to cat 5e. There have also been Cats 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the past...I believe the better Cats can also carry a signal better. I forgot what Cat was short for. *Runs for A+ book*

 

[Chris]

category 3 cable is only rated to 10Mbps and is basically no longer used, category 5 is what is most commonly used now as it is rated to 100Mbps cat6 will be next to take over IMHO as its rated at 1000Mbps

 

[ssgohan434]

how big of the difference is there between CAT5 and CAT5e?