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ReadyNAS 314 - a year of hell and now lost 10years of data!
I bought a ReadyNAS 314 when they were new in the market back in April 2013. I bought it partly because I wanted to safeguard my increasing data storage with redundancy in case of disk failure, and al...
Yes. Cat 6a is better than cat 6 btw.
mdgm wrote: CAT5e is better than CAT5. Some higher quality CAT5 cables will work better than lower quality ones but to be sure it should work well with gigabit you need CAT5e or newer. CAT6 is a good option too.
For any CAT standard some cables will be higher quality than others. Some cables will exceed the minimum spec.
The main difference between cat 5, cat 6 specifications is that the higher grades have less crosstalk (and noise). Crosstalk is the amount of signal from one wire that "leaks" to adjacent wires - through inductance, essentially like a transformer. Some versions have external shielding to reduce crosstalk from adjacent cables. The longer a cable is, the more crosstalk there is.
If you are running your own cable inside your walls - there are also specs on the plastic insulation used - for fire safety. Plenum and "riser" grade cables are needed (depending on where you are putting them). So it is useful to research your local building codes (or just use "plenum" grade).
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