cat6 comptabilty with cat5

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hi there
is it able to connect a patch panle cat6 to a cat5 or cat5e cable or not
and if not , what i cant
thanks
waiting for your reply
egymido
is it able to connect a patch panle cat6 to a cat5 or cat5e cable or not
and if not , what i cant
thanks
waiting for your reply
egymido
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Breadfan Member Posts: 282 ■■■□□□□□□□
but I believe that the CAT6 is backward compatible with cat5e wiring. Check the manual for the patch panel and it should tell you for sure, but I swore I read that cat6 is backwards compatible with cat5eMark Twain
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keenon Member Posts: 1,922 ■■■■□□□□□□
it should work fine.Become the stainless steel sharp knife in a drawer full of rusty spoons -
rossonieri#1 Member Posts: 799 ■■■□□□□□□□
hello,
if you want to fully gained benefits from cat6 cable - there are differences from cat 5e. use minicom modul and rj45 designed for cat6 cable.
the rest should be ok.
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Rearden Member Posts: 222
Yea, you need to terminate solid differently with cat6. The panduit cat6 jacks are just cool looking. . . they also work different and better than the cat5.More systems have been wiped out by admins than any cracker could do in a lifetime. -
dissolved Inactive Imported Users Posts: 228
as everyone else said you will be fine. I have a cat6 patch panel at the house , with cat5e terminated on it. Everything works fine.