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Need the name of the cable with red end and yellow other end.

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:54:37 GMT

Hello,

I have a BT smart Hub 2 router, I need to replace the cable that has one red end and the other end is yellow, I cannot remember what the cable is called.

Can someone let me know.

Thanks

Re: Need the name of the cable with red end and yellow other end.

caravanj — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:07:13 GMT

Ethernet cable would be my guess, although I've never seen one with different coloured plugs on the same cable myself.

Re: Need the name of the cable with red end and yellow other end.

licquorice — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:05:34 GMT

Ethernet cable, the colours are irrelevant.

Re: Need the name of the cable with red end and yellow other end.

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:07:21 GMT

It is the cable that goes in the WAN socket on the back of the router.

Thanks

Re: Need the name of the cable with red end and yellow other end.

licquorice — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:28:03 GMT

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Re: Need the name of the cable with red end and yellow other end.

caravanj — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 21:25:07 GMT

@Anonymous

Ah, that's the socket my white cable with the two white plugs goes into but, as your question asked, they're both called Ethernet cables.

Actually, in the network installation trade, the Ethernet cables with coloured plugs that match routers with coloured sockets are sometimes called 'dummy' cables.

Re: Need the name of the cable with red end and yellow other end.

WSH — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 21:59:09 GMT

Cat (category) 5e twisted pair cable. Cat 6 will also do.

What everyone calls “Ethernet cable” is actually an ambiguous term, as Ethernet can be carried by several different cable types.

As licquorice pointed out, the colour (ends or otherwise) is irrelevant.

Re: Need the name of the cable with red end and yellow other end.

licquorice — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 06:44:30 GMT

Exactly so, conversely Cat5e/Cat6 cables can be used for other purposes rather than transporting Ethernet. I guess it's akin to vacuum cleaners being called hoovers.