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Title: Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Ethernet Cable
Post by: m4rv3 on September 23, 2017, 02:40:23 PM
Hey All,

I received some advice from a friend regarding changing my cat 5 ethernet cables to cat 7 instead. He mentioned that this will increase the amount of satoshis I receive for my hashrate.

What is your take on this?


Title: Re: Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Ethernet Cable
Post by: os2sam on September 23, 2017, 08:12:13 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_7_cable


Title: Re: Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Ethernet Cable
Post by: -ck on September 23, 2017, 08:37:56 PM
Hey All,

I received some advice from a friend regarding changing my cat 5 ethernet cables to cat 7 instead. He mentioned that this will increase the amount of satoshis I receive for my hashrate.

What is your take on this?
Won't make any difference at all.


Title: Re: Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Ethernet Cable
Post by: VRobb on September 24, 2017, 06:00:48 AM
Get smarter friends?  ???


Title: Re: Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Ethernet Cable
Post by: Proton2233 on September 24, 2017, 02:34:36 PM
Nonsense! I do use USB WIFI modules in order to avoid confusion in the wires. While I have no problems with mining. Do not listen to the advice of Amateurs. Let them show you by example. If someone tries to give you advice try to find confirmation of this on YouTube. If it's not worth thinking about.


Title: Re: Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Ethernet Cable
Post by: philipma1957 on September 24, 2017, 02:50:47 PM
cat 7 are far better the cat 5 at specific instances   none of which have anything to do with mining speed

but and this is a big but  mining works fine  with the cat 5 you paid for.

cat 7  will do more  then cat 5.

here is a good way to look at at 7


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_11801#CAT7


Category 7[edit]

Category 7 S/FTP cable
Class F channel and Category 7 cable are backward compatible with Class D/Category 5e and Class E/Category 6. Class F features even stricter specifications for crosstalk and system noise than Class E. To achieve this, shielding has been added for individual wire pairs and the cable as a whole. Unshielded cables rely on the quality of the twists to protect from EMI. This involves a tight twist and carefully controlled design. Cables with individual shielding per pair such as category 7 rely mostly on the shield and therefore have pairs with longer twists.

The Category 7 cable standard has been ratified in 2002 to allow 10 Gigabit Ethernet over 100 m of copper cabling. The cable contains four twisted copper wire pairs, just like the earlier standards. Category 7 cable can be terminated either with 8P8C compatible GG45 electrical connectors which incorporate the 8P8C standard or with TERA connectors. When combined with GG-45 or TERA connectors, Category 7 cable is rated for transmission frequencies of up to 600 MHz.[1]

However, in 2008 Category 6A was ratified and allows 10 Gbit/s Ethernet while still using the traditional 8P8C connector. Therefore, all manufacturers of active equipment and network cards have chosen to support the 8P8C for their 10 Gigabit Ethernet products on [2] copper and not the GG45, ARJ45, or TERA. These products therefore require a Class EA channel (Cat 6A). As of 2017 there is no equipment that has connectors supporting the Class F (Category 7) channel.

Category 7 is not recognized by the TIA/EIA.


cat 7 has better shielding
cat 7 allows for higher freq

Class F: link/channel up to 600 MHz using Category 7 cable/connectors

Class D: link/channel up to 100 MHz using Category 5e cable/connectors


neither of the two  items  above  mean better speed  of hash.


mostly  they mean less interference   at certain bandwidths

cat 7 may improve your fm radio reception  if you still listen to fm radio and play stations that are far from your home.


Title: Re: Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Ethernet Cable
Post by: -ck on September 25, 2017, 09:14:11 PM
If your bottleneck is your cable it's better to change it to a higher speed cable.
Cat 5: 10/100 Mbps
Cat 5e: 1000 Mbps
Cat 6: 10 Gbps
Another person with useless advice. You can mine on a dial up modem it uses so little bandwidth.


Title: Re: Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Ethernet Cable
Post by: fanatic26 on September 25, 2017, 09:21:09 PM
Dont waste your money.

The largest bitcoin mine in the world can theoretically run their outbound connection over a single piece of cat 5. Mining uses that little bandwidth.


Title: Re: Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Ethernet Cable
Post by: Philopolymath on September 26, 2017, 12:36:27 AM
If your bottleneck is your cable it's better to change it to a higher speed cable.
Cat 5: 10/100 Mbps
Cat 5e: 1000 Mbps
Cat 6: 10 Gbps
Another person with useless advice. You can mine on a dial up modem it uses so little bandwidth.


Dont waste your money.

The largest bitcoin mine in the world can theoretically run their outbound connection over a single piece of cat 5. Mining uses that little bandwidth.

Meow That's helpful...more USEFUL TRUSTWORTHY ADVICE....THANKS
GREAT news...meow I don't need to worry about my ISP service being inadequate...
And meow I DON'T need their pricey package
And can use Cat5 with confidence...