Ethernet cables: red, yellow or blue?
Ethernet cables come in many colors, it is common to see red, green, blue, yellow, white and gray cables in every office. Many people get confused when shopping for a new strap because they mistakenly believe that different colors do different jobs. A colored Ethernet cable is used for identification. If you have an office network that has a lot of connections, it can be hard to tell which cable goes where. This is why colored cables are used, you can easily identify that the blue cable is connecting computer A to the network while the yellow cable is connecting computer B and the green cable is going to computer C. It is not uncommon see cables sold in over twenty different colors.
Another reason to use colored cables is to help set up new equipment. Many internet service providers will send a free modem to the customer when they get a new connection. Not everyone is confident in configuring these modems, they can come with two different types of cables, an ADSL RJ11 cable and an Ethernet cable. Both cables look very similar and many people try to connect the RJ11 cable to the Ethernet jack. Internet service providers use colored cables for this very reason. The instruction book will advise the customer to connect one end of the blue (or whatever color is supplied) Ethernet cable to the A socket on the modem and then to their computer, this avoids any confusion and will probably save you thousands of hotline calls. technical help every time. year.
Whatever the reason for replacing your Ethernet cable, perhaps you need a longer length since you’ve moved the computer, the dog may have chewed on your original cable, you may be trying to increase speed with a better quality cable (we’ve got you covered). in another article) or you may have simply lost your lead when you moved house. He can be sure that he can use any color Ethernet cable. The only caveat to add would be to make sure you don’t buy a Crossover cable, these are used to connect two computers without using a router, they are always clearly advertised as Crossover and it would be hard to buy one by mistake.
If you’re looking to improve your connection speed, an easy and inexpensive upgrade is to opt for Cat6 cable. Cat6 cables are cables with faster Gigabit speeds and are backwards compatible with standard Cat5e systems.
When shopping for a new lead, it’s a good idea to search online, great savings can be had. Many online stores can sell at a fraction of the price of a high street store as they have less overhead. For a short two meter cable you should expect to pay around three pounds.