Cat 5 ethernet cable question?

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#1 crashrc16
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Hi I was wondering if a cat5 ethernet cable would hook me up to xbox live cuz my father is a computer technician at my school and we were gonna get a 75 ft ethernet cable and hook it into the back of my router so if you know the answer to my question please reply
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#2 JohnWinger
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Cat 5 is good. Cat 6 is better. However it is not necessary.

Cat 6 has better protection against interferance from other devices.

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#3 discipleofsin
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yup ... as long as it's not a patch cable you should be fine
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#4 dedo5566
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I thank cat 5 moor thane enough for xbox 360
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#5 crashrc16
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ok thx guys good its saving me money since i dont have to buy microsofts wireless network adaptor