This cable worked out well for me and is a very heavy-duty cable. I was having trouble with wifi on a new Mac Mini and decided to wire it directly to the router. I don't know why, but the Mini just wasn't getting good wifi even though it sits next to the router, but I still needed the router for my laptop and other misc stuff like a blu ray player, so I just used an extra ethernet port in the router and wired the Mini directly--it solved the problem (if you do this, be sure to tell the item that you are hardwiring to shut off the wireless).