How To Increase 2g Internet Speed?

Internet speed increase with CAT6 cable?

• I'm looking to increase the speed of my internet connection and I found out that since I am using old CAT5 cables, my speed may be lacking. Here is the current structure of my network. There is a Windstream modem connected to an ASUS RT-N56U wireless router via a CAT5 cable. The router does support gigabit ethernet. I have a laptop which connects wirelessly to the network and a desktop (with a gigabit LAN port) which connects via a CAT5 cable to the router. I have ordered a couple of CAT6 cables to reach higher speeds. I know the internet connection going to the desktop should improve using a CAT6 cable. However, will my network speed as a whole (wired and wireless) increase if I replace the existing CAT5 cable running from the modem to the router with the new CAT6 cable?

• Answer:

  No, no, no. That's not how it works. Consider this analogy. You are like an owner of a car that has top speed of 50 miles/hr no matter where you drive. Now you want to build a superhighway where cars can go as fast as 100 miles/hr. That won't make your car go faster even a bit. If you want your car to be faster, change it's engine. Now going back your internet connection, the only way to increase your internet speed is by paying for a better service. Cat5 cable can carry data as fast as 100 megabits/sec while Cat6 can carry data as fast as 1 gigabit/sec or 1,024 megabits/sec. Is the internet you are paying for that fast? I'd bet it's not even 1/4 of what a Cat5 can provide. In short, you'll only be wasting money on a Cat6 cable. The only time you will need a Cat 6 cable is when you have computers that have a gigabit ethernet port and you want to transfer data between computers connected to the same router or directly connected.