Have a 1000 / mbit line Which Lan cable to buy?

Fi
- in PlayStation
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Which LAN cable for my Ps4 Cat 1 Cat 2 Cat 3 Cat 4 Cat 5 Cat 6 Cat 7 Cat 8? Or would you prefer something cheap and normal?

Sc

Does not matter. Cat only stands for safety. Just search for 1000 mbit cable

fi

Cat 5 / 5e is usually sufficient for a ps4

but cat 6/7/8 are not much more expensive and usually more stable

Up

Nowadays you can no longer buy Cat 1 to Cat 4 as a network cable. Cat 5 or Cat 5e is completely sufficient. Cat 6 is ok, but oversized. Cat 7 and Cat 8 are worthless because only the cable, but not the connector, can reach these categories. A Cat 7 or Cat 8 cable with the usual network connectors (RJ 45) also only has Cat 6. Cat 7 and Cat 8 are a waste of money.

Ultimately, the cable is completely uncritical. Everything that is commercially available can manage 1000 Mbit / s (not 1000 / mbit, that's nonsense) over 100 meters.

Va

Cat 5e can already do Gigabit Ethernet. If you have longer distances (> 10m) you could maybe use Cat6. What else is not worth it.

Up

Cat only stands for safety.

Security against what?

Va

What you mean are the protection categories for multimeters, etc… From I to IV. But there are also the Cat specifications for network cables for different generations / speeds.