I spent a lot of money overbuying so you don't have to, hopefully.
Those fancy Ethernet cable labels are misleading — here's what Cat5e, Cat6, and Cat6A actually do
The article reveals that Ethernet cable labels (e.g., Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6A) often mislead users about actual performance capabilities, creating potential security and operational risks. Enterprises overpaying for high-end cables may face bandwidth bottlenecks, network instability, or undetected vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. Mislabeling can enable downgrade attacks or expose networks to man-in-the-middle exploits due to incorrect segmentation assumptions.