If you’ve been browsing Ethernet cables online you may have seen that they come with names like CAT 5, CAT 6, CAT 7, and CAT 8. And no, we’re not talking about the feline kind of CAT…meow!

I mean there is no link at all. As for cat6e, I'm looking at grey ethernet cable that says "Category 6E" and a bunch of other stuff on it, and this site seems to think that Cat 6E is real too ...

Not really. They’re 100 ohm differential, not single ended. If you do it with UTP, it’ll work pretty well, but if you do, say, CAT6E, if you try tying one side of each pair to ground and also ...

CAT 6 and CAT 6e cables are fast enough and provide an excellent balance between performance, reliability, and price. I hope that clears up any confusion around the different types of Ethernet cables.