100 Meters or 328 feet.
The max distance is 100 m.
The modern Ethernet cable is a Category 5 UTP cable, with an RJ 45 connector.
CAT 5, CAT 6 and CAT 6A cables
Cat 5 is a type or standard of ethernet cable (350 Mhz) and is not as good as the Cat 6 (500+Mhz) which will work wherever you were going to use the Cat 5 ethernet cable and not require replacement as cable/DSL broadband internet speeds increase
cat 5
cat 5
A NIC, Router, Switch, HUB, CAT-1, CAT-2, CAT-3, CAT-4, CAT-5 cables, Ethernet adapter, Ethernet cord etc.
CAT 5, CAT 5e or CAT 6, depending on whether you're building a new one, or just mean in general.
cat 5 Ethernet cable
cat 6 is always a regiment cable usually gigabit ethernet, it is backward compatible.Cat 5 usually can handle 10/100Mbps which is a fast ethernet.
Cat.5
To the switch the router is just another host, so it connects with a straight Cat 5 or Cat 6 cable.