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 this cable is used to connect all the hardware destinations on a local area network lan the cat 5e patch cable is perfect for use with 10100 base t networks assembled connection type fully compliant with category 5e specification and ieee requirements belkin category 5e patch cables are tested to provide a direct connection to a 10100base t ethernet network data tra