Cat 5e vs. Cat6 Wiring difference

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theminislimshady

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I'm running ethernet cables to my basement and I found an old cat 5e cable laying around that happened to be long enough. I want to use cat6 for my networking, and I have some spare cat6 connectors lying around. Would it work to use the Cat6 connector on the 5e cable? In other words, is the wiring on the inside the same, with the only difference being the connector? Thanks!
 
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Yea Cat6 can do up to 10GB with the right adapter but if it is a short length it won't matter as much.

The main differences between Cat5e and Cat6 are these

- Usually something in the middle like a plastic piece to seperate each pair to help prevent cross talk
- There are more Twice per Foot in Cat6 than Cat5e allowing less cross talk
- Cat5e is rated at 100mhz while Cat6 is rated at 200mhz allowing for less cross talk

When doing 100 ft or less you won't see a difference between them. if you start running 200+ feet yea def run Cat6
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I think the wiring is different. Cat5e can only support up to 1 GB where Cat6 does 10GB, I would think there must be something different than just the connectors otherwise my work would just change the connectors in all our Cat5e to upgrade them.
 
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Yea Cat6 can do up to 10GB with the right adapter but if it is a short length it won't matter as much.

The main differences between Cat5e and Cat6 are these

- Usually something in the middle like a plastic piece to seperate each pair to help prevent cross talk
- There are more Twice per Foot in Cat6 than Cat5e allowing less cross talk
- Cat5e is rated at 100mhz while Cat6 is rated at 200mhz allowing for less cross talk

When doing 100 ft or less you won't see a difference between them. if you start running 200+ feet yea def run Cat6
 
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bill001g

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Since you are only looking at running 1g it will make no difference. Cat6 ends really are no different than cat5e.

The problem with people saying you can run 10g on cat6 is they forget the spec says it must be certified. So if you take a meter and certify cat6 cable you can use it. Problem is the length cat6 will run 10g is only a estimate so you must use a meter to make sure. The cost to do that is not worth it.

Anyone who is going to run 10g might as well buy cat6a cable that is certified to run to 100 meters without testing even cable. At the present time the cost of 10g interfaces is so high that nobody except enterprise customers use them. As the costs of the interfaces drop I suspect cat6a cable will get to be almost the same price at cat5e or cat6. Just like you can find cat6 cable for less than cat5e cable.

 
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jacegilson

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Dear,
if you want to use cat6 cable with your old cat5e connectors, so you can it.
But if you are in confussion about speed so cat5e carry only 1GB and cat6 cables carry 10 GB, cat6 will used your old purchased connection with cat5.
 
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