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TIEfitrRAXE500
Aspirant
Aug 27, 2023

When to use the 2.5G Multi-Gig Port on the Nighthawk® RAXE500 AXE11000 Tri-Band WiFi Router

Recently I have had installed through AT&T Fiber Optic internet. I am on the 2Gig plan; So far it has been even better than I even hoped for and when I bought and installed the Nighthawk® RAXE500 AXE...
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TIEfitrRAXE500
Aspirant
Nov 07, 2023

When I went to buy a new Ethernet cable last I saw there were now Cat8 so that's what I bought and use.  That is OK right? One Cat8 goes from Gateway (Fiber Optic Modem) to the Router (RAXE500 AXE11000 Tri Band WiFi Router).  The other one is still in the box. I never have the need to connect my computer directly to router anyway. The wifi is more than sufficient. 

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 07, 2023

Does the cable have UTP or STP printed on it? There different though CAT# can be 8.

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    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 07, 2023

    More than unlikely there are UTP cables anywhere near to CAT 8 ... considering this means 2000 MHz bandwidth. CAT8 would support 25Mbps and 40 Mbps Ethernet.