My wireless connections has been giving me some problems so I am thinking of just running a cable from the router to my desktop.

I have a Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2 board that has a built in 10/100 Ethernet. This would be hooked into an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station that has Gigabit Ethernet.

Now I know that Cat 5e is for 10/100 Ethernet and Cat 6e is for Gigabit Ethernet. Since I have a 10/100 am I limited to the 5e or can I use the 6e as I may decide to upgrade down the line? Are they even interchangeable?

Also, I always thought that the color of the cable did not matter but I have been told that yellow is for one thing and black for another, etc... Is the color just for IT people so they know what they are looking at or can I use what ever color I feel blends in with where I am placing the wiring?

Thanks for your input.

Doc