UGREEN NW343 85731 5 m Cat 8 F/FTP Ethernet Cable, 40 Gbps

Overview

The UGREEN NW343 (85731) is a 5 m Cat 8 Ethernet patch cable with F/FTP shielding, 30 AWG pure copper conductors and gold-plated RJ45 plugs in a braided jacket. It gives a PC, network-attached storage (NAS), switch or router a fast, shielded link across a room, rated for up to 40 Gbps and 2000 MHz.

Is it right for you?

• Suits a run across a room to a desk, NAS or console with slack at both ends.
• Choose it where you want headroom for future equipment; on slower ports it runs at their speed.
• A braided jacket for a cable that is handled or visible.

Key features

• Cat 8, up to 40 Gbps and 2000 MHz when the whole link supports it.
• F/FTP: foil around the full bundle and foil around each twisted pair. Shielded, but not immune to every interference source.
• 30 AWG pure copper conductors.
• Gold-plated RJ45 male plugs.
• Round black braided cable, approximately 7 mm diameter.
• Works without power, drivers or sign-in.

What else you need

• Two devices with standard RJ45 Ethernet ports: a router, switch, PC, console, smart TV, NAS or similar.
• A laptop or tablet without an Ethernet port needs a USB or USB-C Ethernet adapter or dock; the cable does not add a port.

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. Test the link at the speed you want before hiding the cable along skirting boards or behind furniture.

Before you buy

• 40 Gbps needs 40 Gbps equipment at both ends; the cable does not make slower ports, switches, storage or an internet plan faster.
• No outdoor, direct-burial or in-wall rating is stated, so treat it as an indoor patch cable run in the open.
• 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.
• It does not plug into USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, DisplayPort or the smaller telephone-style RJ11 socket.
• No Power over Ethernet (PoE) class is stated.