rhinocables CAT 6a Ethernet Cable | 10Gbps S/FT High-Speed & Large Bandwidth Data Transfer | Reliable LAN Network RJ45 Cable | Wi-Fi Broadband Cable for Seamless Gaming & Streaming (2m, Black)

Products: 20m, 15m, 3m White Ethernet CAT 6a cables Primary use case : Streaming games from PC to Steam Deck Previous setup: FTTH, 1Gbps/100Mbps, Frit Box 7530 TL;DR: - These good quality, solid cables live up to the manufacturer's claims. - Upgrading my home network with these, cost less than half the price of a basic Wi-Fi 7 router and achieves better results. - Flawless for streaming games from PC Things to know: - Full size ethernet cables are always going to be better than the flat ones - CAT 6a are by design thicker and more rigid than Cat 5/5e - Cat 6a is capable of up to 10 Gbps up to 100m, most be limited by hardware and will not need a fraction of this, but investing a little extra now will avoid having to swap out cables down the road. Details: I finally decided to wire up my home network and began the search for quality ethernet cables. I’ve used Rhino Cables XLR cable for my microphone for years, so it’s a brand I trusted to get the job done. I just got a steam deck, and I really wanted to stream games smoothly from my gaming PC to the deck both independently and in dock mode. Wifi just wasn’t cutting it for that, too much interference for a consistent experience. I have 1Gbps/100Mbps ftth, using a fritzbox 7530 provided from the ISP. My fibre connection requires an ONT (Optical Network Terminal), which acts as the modem, which then runs to the Fritzbox as an advanced access point/router. Originally, I was just going to purchase a 20m and 15m cable, but I said why not replace the ethernet cable running from the ONT to the router, so I added a 3m for that and I’m glad I did. My new setup now has the 3m cable from the ONT to Fritzbox, 20m cable to a 2.5Gpbs ethernet port in my pc, and the 15m cable running from Fritz to a 1 Gbps port in my 3rd part steam dock. Results: - Replacing the cable from the ONT to the router instantly improved speeds over Wifi by between 50 to 100 Mbps when testing. Easy, cheap win right there. - The 20m cable has no problem saturating the LAN ports on the Fritzbox. Now achieving download speeds close to 1Gbps, this is more than 3 times what I could achieve over Wifi. - With the router plugged into the steam dock with the 15m cable, I can stream games at 4k60fps, with minimal network latency, and no stutters, even better @ 1440p. The dream. - Even streaming over Wifi now is almost as flawless with the PC wired into the router. Note: these cables are heavy and more rigid than CAT 5e and below by design (mostly extra shielding). This can make them tricky to weave around the house, but with a little patience, it’s nothing to worry about. Basically, there’s nothing to fault here, these are high quality cables from a manufacturer you can trust. They were perfect out of the box, and live up to the spec (though admittedly I can test them at 10Gbps). I had planned on purchasing a 2.5Gbps unmanaged switch to truly level up my streaming, but saturating 1Gbps does the job perfectly. If you’re disappointed with speeds using these cables, I’d investigate your hardware first. While they may state 1Gbps LAN, even mid range routers not have the horsepower to deliver this constantly.

I got this to link between my new fibre modem and my own router which is upstairs. The cable is good quality, as are the connectors. I'm getting the full 900Mbps at my router so the cable is doing it's job.

As you can see from the picture I bought this Ethernet cable in Pink purely to match my new pink living room (haven't finished painting the skirting yet!). It's a lengthy cable which it needed to be, as my router is in the next room, but this provides good connectivity and high speeds. It was a good price, and good quality cable. It was extremely easy to set up, plug one end in the router, and the other end in the PC, and job done! Looks great <3

I like this cable, but the clear plastic clip which locks it in place, is very thin, and looks like it will break very easily. The cable is quite strong and heavy, its coils sit for a while, so the cable hangs off the edge putting pressure on the plug which has pulled it out twice now. So if you have no table support, it could cause problems. I have put some stick clips to hold it down to give it some support. See how that works. Might have to look for something better to hold it and take the weight off the plug socket. Shame, a more flexible lighter cable would have worked better.

This is a robust cable. Notice me better than the cat five cable. Correct lengths just a job.

Probably the best networking cable ive ever bought, very well made, great quality and had no issues at all. Connection quality is perfect. Length of the cables are as advertised. Love that you can get different colours, allows me to know which networking cable goes where on the router.

Very good quality, I didn't lose any speed on my internet.

I ordered a 6a ethernet cable after a long research on the internet to understand the CAT5, CAT6, CAT7... denomination. The number refers to the performance relating to the amount of data transfer rate and distance:- - CAT5e is for basic home and small office networks with speeds up to 1 Gbps - CAT6 is CAT5e with speeds up to 10Gbps - CAT6a is CAT6 with greater distance and higher date transfer rates - CAT7 is CAT6a but with additional shielding where there are a lot of interferences that affect the performance of normal cables - CAT8 has the highest performance and bandwidth, suitable for data centres an applications requiring ultra-high data transfer rates. So, you need to take into account your broadband speed and what you tend to use the internet for. Gaming and photo transfers, for example, will need higher speeds. I also found a warning that anything below CAT6a is not future-proof these days as land lines are being upgraded to increase data transfer speeds (fibre optic) and apps require more and more bandwidth. The advice I found was to go for CAT6a minimum. CAT6a came with an online warning that "CAT6a is considered more difficult to install and terminate than CAT6 and CAT5e (same for CAT7 and CAT8). In my personal experience, CAT6a is plug and play, so no issue there. It also arrived before scheduled so even more happy.

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