Question 1

Hello I bought a few cables in June, RCNC-11044 type. I just bought the RCW-25-CAT7-GE, not realizing there was a difference. Will it work with my router & the other cables? I am using theses cables for gaming consoles? I also have another one (RCW) at home already that I havent set up yet. The RCNC that I purchased are currently hooked up working fine as far as I can tell. Will there be an issue mixing RCW & RCNC cables? Ironicly enough the RCW cables are both for the longest distance away from my hub (modem&router) center.

Accepted Answer

As far as I know almost all cat 5 6 and 7 cables are interchangeable for basic networking. I've had no problem using this cable for both pc to router and xbox360 to router. and it was an old net gear router from about 7 years ago... The configuration was mixed with other cat 5 cables, everything works together. Just use the faster ones closer to the main input for best results. aka cat 7 from modem to router, then cat 5 from router to console (unless you have all cat 7, then just cat 7 everything lol).

Question 2

Is anyone using this in a 10GB Ethernet environment?

Accepted Answer

I'm using it on a 100 Mbit connection with nearly perfect transmission, about 96.5 Mbits always, or 12 MB per sec.  Although, my line is a newly installed network at a college, so it is an ideal test network.  I'd say if it works nearly ideal for me on my specifications though, it will likely be similar for a 10 Gbit line too.  Hope that helps!

Question 3

Is this cable a cat7 and 25ft and 24awg?

Accepted Answer

I'm not cutting it open to find out the gauge, but it must meet the standards to be classed as cat7, including wire gauge and terminations. It is 25 feet long, though.

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