Is there a speed loss with a Cat5e 30 meter ethernet cable?

[GibMeUrMoney]

I got a new laptop 2 weeks ago and decided to get an ethernet cable as from experience, my usual games for example on CoD on my Xbox One with the use of wifi hadn't gone too well because of the lag compensation, meaning I got shot instantly on my screen when going around a corner while on the enemy's screen it looked like I was walking there for 2-3 full seconds. I've been playing with wifi the past couple weeks and CoD is so far the only game I have the latency issue with.

So I'm curious is there going to be huge packet losses or other latency issues with the cable. I read somewhere that I won't see a difference until I get a 100m long cable but I don't live in a skyscraper so 30m is max.

Reason why I need that long cable is because I have my laptop in my own room and the router is in the corner of a big room next to mine. I know, that isn't a proper place for it but I would've moved it aside long ago if I was in charge of my house :/

[SundownKid]

30m probably not, as you said it will have to be quite long before you see an issue.

[GibMeUrMoney]

SundownKid původně napsal:

30m probably not, as you said it will have to be quite long before you see an issue.

Nice, because in the store, the employees said I will notice a huge difference and almost made me buy one of those D-link machines. I got those from 2011 and they are.... trash. They sometimes block the access to the entire internet and make it lag so much.

[_I_]

30m is fine with cat5e
100m is the limit before you need a hub between nodes

[Azza ☠]

The standards for Cat 5e and Cat 6 call for a maximum run length of 90 meters or 295 feet, before loss occurs.

The max length from switch to node is 100 meters.

Cable will be much better than Wifi, even if it's meters away.

Check the Router admin for QoS (Quality of Service) and setup priorty accordingly. Set device priorty for the ethernet before wifi. Allow realtime games first, then streaming videos, then downloads, web-browsing and email last. The way this is done varies depending on your router advance settings.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

30 meters is approx 100 feet; as long as it is CAT5 "E" or CAT6 "E" you'll be fine.

[GibMeUrMoney]

Bad-Motha původně napsal:

30 meters is approx 100 feet; as long as it is CAT5 "E" or CAT6 "E" you'll be fine.

good, thanks

[GibMeUrMoney]

Azza ☠ původně napsal:

The standards for Cat 5e and Cat 6 call for a maximum run length of 90 meters or 295 feet, before loss occurs.

The max length from switch to node is 100 meters.

Cable will be much better than Wifi, even if it's meters away.

Check the Router admin for QoS (Quality of Service) and setup priorty accordingly. Set device priorty for the ethernet before wifi. Allow realtime games first, then streaming videos, then downloads, web-browsing and email last. The way this is done varies depending on your router advance settings.

nice. I have a zyxel router and I have a some sort of ethernet prioritation in the "shaper setup" section. I can set the priorirty of the internet mode (ADSL, Ethernet, etc) and add a bandwidth limit to that. Is that what I'm looking for?