Monoprice 103374 2FT Cat5e Ethernet Cable - Yellow

The Monoprice 103374 is a 2-foot Cat5e Ethernet patch cable designed for short-distance connections where cable neatness and signal reliability matter. Built with 24AWG stranded bare copper conductors, it avoids the cost-cutting measure of copper-clad aluminum found in many budget cables. Pure copper provides lower electrical resistance and better flexibility, which is particularly relevant in patch cable applications where the cable may be bent and repositioned repeatedly over its lifetime. The 350MHz bandwidth specification comfortably supports Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T), making it fully capable for the vast majority of current home and office networking equipment.

At just two feet in length, this cable is optimized for rack and desktop environments. It is the right choice for connecting a switch to a patch panel in a network rack, linking a desktop computer to a nearby wall jack, or bridging two devices sitting side by side on a desk. The yellow jacket provides easy visual identification, which is useful in racks or wiring closets where color coding is used to distinguish VLANs, departments, or device types. Snagless strain relief boots in matching yellow protect the RJ45 locking clips from the breakage that is all too common in crowded cable environments, and the 50-micron gold-plated contacts ensure a clean electrical connection that holds up over many plug-unplug cycles.