Sky Broadband Hub - Cat 7 Cable

[DonLumioni]

Hi All

Does anyone know is Cat 7 ethernet cables are compatible with Sky Broadband Hubs?

Typically just wired in a 15m Cat 7 cable from office to hub but not getting any connectivity or lights on the router. Cat 6 works fine.

Cheers

[disco.citizen · Accepted solution]

Yes they work, recently recabled an internal run from the ONT (where the fibre comes into the house) to the hub and then an then a second CAT7 from the hub to my PC. 

Same speeds at with the previous CAT6 cable but as the cables weregoing  behind the skirting board I didn't  want to have to replace them again in a few years.

[TimmyBGood]

@DonLumioni 

Cat5e, 6, 7, 8 are functionally identical, and so are all 'compatible' with ethernet data transit.

The difference is in the cable construction to improve resistance to interference.

 

[Chrisee]

@DonLumioni sounds like your cat 7 cable is either damaged or has mis-wired connectors.