https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Smart-Hub-2-red-cable/m-p/2137136#M1212225 cheers, that what I thought Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:13:28 GMT Lazymario123 2021-01-31T15:13:28Z https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Smart-Hub-2-red-cable/m-p/2137101#M1212223 <P>Hello, I have full fibre 900 adn I was wondering if the BT red ethernet cable supplied with the smart hub 2 can be upgraded say to CAT8 - I can't telll if this red cable is a special cable or just a standard CAT5 ethernet cable with coloured ends to idiot proof the self set up? Or does it not matter at all?</P> Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:50:29 GMT https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Smart-Hub-2-red-cable/m-p/2137101#M1212223 Lazymario123 2021-01-31T13:50:29Z https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Smart-Hub-2-red-cable/m-p/2137129#M1212224 <P>It's just a standard Ethernet cable.</P> <P>'Upgrading' it to Cat 8 for that distance will make absolutely zero difference.</P> Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:04:13 GMT https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Smart-Hub-2-red-cable/m-p/2137129#M1212224 licquorice 2021-01-31T15:04:13Z https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Smart-Hub-2-red-cable/m-p/2137136#M1212225 cheers, that what I thought Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:13:28 GMT https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Smart-Hub-2-red-cable/m-p/2137136#M1212225 Lazymario123 2021-01-31T15:13:28Z https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Smart-Hub-2-red-cable/m-p/2137178#M1212226 <P>They’re just standard Cat5e Cables. The reason they’re just Colour Coded to try to make them idiot proof.</P> Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:33:05 GMT https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Smart-Hub-2-red-cable/m-p/2137178#M1212226 Starwire 2021-01-31T17:33:05Z