UGREEN 50172 0.5 m Flat Cat 6 U/UTP Ethernet Cable, 1 Gbps

Overview

The UGREEN 50172 is a 0.5 m flat Cat 6 Ethernet patch cable with pure copper conductors and RJ45 plugs with eight gold-plated contacts. It links a router, switch, modem or PC that sits right beside the other device, at up to 1 Gbps, and lies flat on a shelf or desk.

Is it right for you?

• Suits modem to router, router to switch, or a PC beside its wall point, within half a metre.
• Too short for anything not side by side; pick a longer length rather than stretching it.
• Unshielded (U/UTP) and rated for 1 Gbps, not for faster multi-gigabit links or designs that require shielding.

Key features

• Cat 6, up to 1 Gbps and 250 MHz when the whole link supports it.
• Pure copper conductors, eight conductors in four twisted pairs, unshielded (U/UTP).
• RJ45 male plugs with eight gold-plated contacts, metal shells and moulded latch guards.
• Flat black profile.
• Works without power, drivers or sign-in.

What else you need

• Two devices with RJ45 Ethernet ports within 0.5 m of each other. It does not plug into USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, DisplayPort or the smaller telephone-style RJ11 socket.

Installation

No tools, drivers or power supply are needed: push each plug into an RJ45 port until the latch clicks. Measure the route first, leave slack at both ends, avoid tight bends and keep the plugs where moving equipment cannot pull on them. Do not crease, crush or staple through the flat cable, and keep it out of door gaps, walking paths and from under furniture legs.

Before you buy

• No outdoor, direct-burial or in-wall rating is stated, so treat it as an indoor patch cable run in the open.
• No Power over Ethernet (PoE) class is stated.
• It is a passive cable: it does not create Wi-Fi, assign IP addresses or replace a router, modem, switch or network adapter, and it cannot make an internet plan faster than it is.