16PK 7FT CBL CAT5E SNAGLESS GRY What is a Category 5e patch cable? Think of it as the street that links the houses on your block and all the destinations in town. In actuality it's a cable that connects all the hardware destinations on a Local Area Network (LAN). The FastCAT 5e cable provides extra headroom over the standard Cat 5e cable and is perfect for use with 10 and 100 BaseT and gigabit Ethernet networks.