Which ethernet cable to use?

I want to run a single cable from the Airport Extreme in the house to the garage and plug it directly into my laptop in the garage, without having a separate hub in the garage. I have several questions?
Cat-5e or Cat-6? Do they both use the same connectors? Do they both plug directly into an Airport Extreme and a MacBook?
Would a cable that runs directly from an Airport Extreme into a MacBook ethernet port be the same type of cable that runs between, say, an Airport Extreme and an Airport Express or other router? Is one of those a "cross-over" cable and one a "patch" cable? Which is which?
How do I know whether a cable is rated for burial directly in dirt or running overhead outside? How do I identify such a cable?

Cat-5e or Cat-6? Do they both use the same connectors? Do they both plug directly into an Airport Extreme and a MacBook?
You could use either cable type. I would suggest using CAT-6 for future growth. Both use the same connectors ... and either would plug directly between the Extreme & the MacBook.
Would a cable that runs directly from an Airport Extreme into a MacBook ethernet port be the same type of cable that runs between, say, an Airport Extreme and an Airport Express or other router? Is one of those a "cross-over" cable and one a "patch" cable? Which is which?
Most modern networking equipment have the ability to "sense" the type of cable attached to it so it really doesn't matter which type (straight-thru or crossover) you use; however, I would just go with straight-thru in this case.
How do I know whether a cable is rated for burial directly in dirt or running overhead outside? How do I identify such a cable?
Please check out the following link for just about anything you'd ever want to know about Ethernet cables: ePanorama: Telecommunication and Data Communication Wiring Page

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Yes, you ran into a very understandable problem.
When you use Migration Assistant, it cannot over-write the account that you happen to be using at the time. Upon migrating accounts, it will tell you that it is going to create a new one, but that message is easy to miss.
If you have three identical accounts, log in to the account you want to keep, and delete the redundant ones in System Preferences > Users & Groups.
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That's OK too, but in that case you would want to create a temporary account whose sole purpose is to run Migration Assistant so that you may migrate your old one with an identical name. Be sure to give the new account Administrator privileges. When that finishes you would log in to the newly migrated account, and delete the temporary account.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889?viewlocale=en_US
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1963
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Gigabit Ethernet operates at a frequency of only 31.25 MHz. Most Category 5e cable I've seen is labeled 350 MHz and is supposedly tested to that frequency.
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Does it matter which ethernet cable is used to connect the vision box for the extra channels?, is it just a normal ethernet and can anybody recommend a good one please (possible 15 or 20 metres).
Background: The engineer was supposed to install vision (with Ethernet) and infinity (upgrade from long time adsl/vision with power line adapters). It was on my order confirmation and in order tracking - on the day of installation the engineer (not open reach) said "not on my job list" - I showed him emails, he rang his office said nothing he could do about it and he had just came from someone with same issue. He told me to set up my new box (I previously had original black box) with the LANs I already had.
When I contacted BT (dealing direct with a member of the care team) she was not happy and said it should of been done and that if I needed an engineer l would not be charged (as it was supposed to have been done) they even had an issue "closing" the order because the vision installation was still open. I was then told (because of how I long may have to wait for an appointment) that they would send me a 10 Meter cable - and if that wasn't long enough/ didn't work - then arrange for the engineer to come out (free of charge).
Now I'm not sure if 10 meters will be long enough (it will be tight if it is) - so if it doesn't fit I want to look into just buying a larger one (rather than another few weeks of waiting).
The extra channels are working fine with the LANs (for now), but I would rather have a wired connection (so if anything goes wrong it won't be blamed on my set up/less chance of errors).
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Any normal network cable will do really as long as it looks like reasonable quality. Sometimes called an RJ45 cable, or cat5 cable. You might be able to get a back to back connector and just buy a lead to extend the one they've sent to you. A back to back just connects two ethernet cables together. Powerlines are OK under some circumstances but are not recommended or supported by BT.
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Does iTunes use wireless music stream if using an Ethernet cable for AE?

Hello,
I have been having trouble with airtunes for some time now. I've tried lots of different things without much success. I think there might be too many wireless networks in my building and I am getting a lot of interference. So i'm thinking of trying a wired method.
If I plugged an ethernet cable from the computer into the Airport Express (which is then plugged into the stereo), does airtunes still send the music stream wirelessly or would it use the ethernet cable instead?
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1. Will this work (i.e., add wireless to the office and maintain my existing wireless in my home)? If so, what do I need to do? Specifically, do I need to configure WDS and (if so) does 2Wire support this?
What you are attempting to do is actually called a "roaming" network in Apple terms and not WDS. In a roaming network, AirPort base stations are connected together on the same subnet of an Ethernet network. Each base station is setup as a bridge, but share the same network name (SSID) and encryption (if used). It sounds like it should be possible to setup the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) as a roaming network. The following is how it would be done with AirPort Extreme Base Stations:
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-- Connect to the same subnet of the Ethernet network
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-- The Network Name should be identical
-- If using security, use the same encryption type (WEP, WPA, etc.) and password.
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2. Assuming I can, can I have that same AX (i.e., the one connected vis-à-vis Ethernet cable) be used for wireless printing in the office while providing wireless internet? Any special configuration to allow that?
Yes.
3. If this network desire does not work, is there another set of hardware that I should purchase (i.e., a different wireless DSL modem, Airport Extreme, other???).
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Which cat6 ethernet cable should I buy?

My current project is re-networking our house. Currently I have 2 AE running our wireless network, bridged over wifi. I would like to run ethernet to the second AE so that the bridge is over ethernet not wifi. Hopefully this will allow a stronger signal in our house and push the network outside to our backyard.
I have read that some cables are rated better to prevent fire hazards. Is this something I should be worried about or can I buy standard cable?

Cables that are rated for fire are not because the signals running through the cable will cause the cables to catch on fire but it is where the cable is physically routed to prevent that cable from being burnt. These are typically used in plenum spaces in building.
As far as the cable category, you want at least CAT-5e cable. This cable is capable of 1 Gbps bandwidth. CAT-6 would only be recommended if your were running 10 Gbps+ neworks. We're not quite there yet at the consumer level. However, if you can get CAT-6 cable for at the same or nearly the same price as CAT-5e there shouldn't be any reason not to.
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Well, like I said, this is an initial backup, so there is about 500GB of data currently being transferred. You say it will be slowed down "a little", but if Im using Cat 5, does the TC drop down to 100 Base-T? Or just use a slower method of 1000 Base-T?
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I have been unable to connect my Mac for file transfer. I followed the directions on the following sites:
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You can connect them via ethernet cable. It will work fine.
No special software needed on either side.
What is it you are trying to do? Share files? Printers? Internet?
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IS there a special ethernet cable you use with a Notebook or is a problem with my jack?
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I hesitate to respond because of your previous postings to others but here goes...
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