cat5 cable differences

[Yuri]

Hello there, this is a really basic question and the answer is probally obvious but;
With Cat5 cable what is the difference between Stranded cable and solid cable?
Thanks in advance.
Yuri

[Tuttle]

It refers to the individual wires in the cable - with solid cable each wire is a single solid wire, and with stranded cable each wire is made up of lots of strands.

Stranded cable is much more flexible and is meant for use in patch cables (both on patch panels and at the desktop). Solid cable suffers less signal loss and is best used for long fixed runs (ie wall cavities).

[SuperSparks]

It's worth buying Cat5e cable, though, as it's no more expensive than plain Cat5, and as long as you terminate all 8 conductors you will be able to use it for Gigabit Ethernet in the future with no further modification required.

[Yuri]

Thanks for the info, I thought that it would be something simple.
Regards
Yuri.

[Running_on_Wheel]

Originally posted by SuperSparks
use it for Gigabit Ethernet

its rated at max 350 mbs

you could get 1/3 of the performace from your gigabit enet