You ll still find cat 5 cables in use but you should avoid them altogether.
Yellow ethernet cable vs blue.
I now want to link my laptop to the router.
Cat 3 and cat 5.
Some implementations of local area networks can be complicated and using different colored cable for different zones of the network helps technicians keep track of the origin and purpose of each cable.
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The router i am using is wired.
I have a yellow ethernet cable which came with an old wireless router.
Blue 100 gray 71 green 53 multi colored 1 red 52 silver 1 white 32 yellow 50.
This is not to be confused with the color coding of the twisted internal wires contained within each cat cable.
Ethernet cable colors and their purpose.
Will it make a difference if i connect my laptop to the wired router using a yellow ethernet cable instead of a blue one.
What david d said is correct there are different types of networking cables but yellow and blue does not determine what type of cable it is.
A gray cable or a blue cable are exactly the same but the color will have a meaning to the installing engineer.
Internet service providers often supply a yellow or blue cable with a new modem and many customers believe they must purchase the same colour this is not true.
Tried a different ethernet cable standard grey cable which i know works and the same problem.
The virgin media helpdesk said we should be using a blue ethernet cable which normally comes with the modem.
They will send her one.
So they sent another modem.
Many people get confused when buying replacement ethernet cables.
Is there a difference between the blue and yellow ethernet cables.
The three popular cables right now are cat 5 rated up to 100mbs cat 5e rated up to 1000mbs and cat 6 also rated at 1000mbs.
The colors of cat5 cat5e cat6 and cat6a ethernet cables represent a specific application or system such as network connectivity or equipment connections.
In short you can use any colour cable you wish.
Both cat 3 and cat 5 ethernet cables are at this point obsolete.
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