# Router cable question - Possibly dumbest question ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 23, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/router-cable-question-possibly-dumbest-question-ever/565145 "2010-12-23T02:47:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/router-cable-question-possibly-dumbest-question-ever/565145/1 "2010-12-23T02:47:29Z")
My parents got a hand-me-down router without any cables. Will a cable like the one in the link work: > **[Amazon.com: Belkin RJ45 CAT 5e Snagless Molded Patch Cable (3 Feet, Blue) :...](https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Snagless-Molded-Patch-Cable/dp/B00000JDF5)** > > Product Description RJ45 CAT5e Snagless Patch Cable offers high-bandwidth capacity to accommodate streaming video and other memory-intensive applications. Cable provides standard CAT5e network connection. Perfect in conjunction with 10 and... ---
**Author:** ![SmithCommaJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SmithCommaJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmithCommaJohn)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/router-cable-question-possibly-dumbest-question-ever/565145/2 "2010-12-23T02:57:16Z")
Yes, it should. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/router-cable-question-possibly-dumbest-question-ever/565145/3 "2010-12-23T04:31:28Z")
You can get them for less than 70 cents on [monoprice](http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10208), but $3 isn’t bad at all. At an office store, that would probably be about $20.