Anyone out there right now? Cable question, at walmart now

[ame8199]

I'm gonna give this a shot so I don't have to come back to walmart. I'm in the process of transferring all my info from my old Mac to my new one. Came to walmart to get a FireWire cable well they don't have any. My next choice is Ethernet... Which one do I get? Cat 5e or 6?

For some reason my wireless connection keeps dropping when I go to connect both computers

Any suggestions?

 

[BFW122083]

They will both work. Cat6 will give you better data transfer rates I had to do the same thing two months ago.

 

[ame8199]

So it will be quicker?

 

[BFW122083]

Also ethernet transfer will be WAY faster than going through wifi.

 

[BFW122083]

Definitely quicker.

 

[ame8199]

Thanks so much. You rock

 

[Ccrew]

Do Mac's auto MDIX? If not that cable needs to be a crossover, not a regular ethernet if just a cable between two machines..

Always did it with a switch so it didn't matter to me.

 

[ame8199]

I have no idea what a mdix is...

 

[ame8199]

All I want to do us transfer my stuff from my old late 2007 MacBook pro to my new 2011 MacBook pro

Before I open it, will just a cat 6 Ethernet cord do the job?

 

[BFW122083]

It did for me

 

[ame8199]

Thanks

 

[QuarterSwede]

Do Mac's auto MDIX?

Yes, as most computers and NIC cards these days do. Crossover cables are dinosaurs.

 

[Ccrew]

Yes, as most computers and NIC cards these days do. Crossover cables are dinosaurs.

Thanks.. Key word "most" which is why I asked. Had honestly never tried to even know.

 

[BFW122083]

Now that I think about it you could have used the ethernet cable going from your modem to your router.