whats the difference between a patch cable and an Ethernet cable?

whats the difference between a patch cable and an Ethernet cable?

There is no difference, they are commonly used to citation the same point. The main article you are looking for is a CAT5 or CAT6 (that's the standard set) cable to connect your computer or network device to another gridiron device, hub or switch.



what are your trying to connect?
While Ethernet cables are patch cable, not all patch cable are Ethernet cables. There are audio patch cable, video patch cables, and copious others.
patch cables are short ethernet cable (cat 5, 5e or 6 ranging 1-3ft length) used for connecting hardware together. for example a patch cable would be used to travel from a rack mounted router to a multi-port rack mounted hub/switch. or from a cable modem to a router.



ethernet cable would be longer than patch ethernet cable (cat 5, 5e or 6 ranging 3"+ contained by length) connecting from a connection device (hub, switch, router, voip controller) to a computer or conclusion device (phone, computer, etc.).