Dual cat5e ethernet cables to single cat6

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KillerBongos

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I know it is possible to split an ethernet connection using a splitter but from what I understand this halves the performance of the two ethernet connections. What I would like to know is whether it is possible to combine two cat5e cables at 1Gbps each into a single cat6 at 10Gbps and back again without losing any performance. Is this possible?
 
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jsmithepa
No. and Yes.

Combining two CAT cables is currently referred to as Link Aggregation, and is not a simple matter of stuffing two cables together and BAM! equipment on both ends of that hookup needs to understand LACP (yes more money), and you don't get 10 gbit, you only get 2 gbit.
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No. and Yes.

Combining two CAT cables is currently referred to as Link Aggregation, and is not a simple matter of stuffing two cables together and BAM! equipment on both ends of that hookup needs to understand LACP (yes more money), and you don't get 10 gbit, you only get 2 gbit.
 
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I agree with @jsmithepa ... You can do it, and even get 10Gb IF you put a computer in the middle. A pair of 1Gb link aggregated input and a 10Gb output. It is possible, but not really useful.

"Splitting" an ethernet connection is not really possible at 1Gb. You can use a switch to connect multiple 1Gb links together. Most of the time you will get 1Gb throughput because it is difficult to fill a 1Gb link 100% of the time. When device 1 isn't filling the shared bandwidth, then device 2 gets it all.
 
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KillerBongos

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Okay, so it is possible to use two ethernet cables to increase throughput. Is it possible for two slow ethernet cables to be connected to a single faster one? For example if two computers or one computer with two ethernet ports are in the one room and they need to connect to a router or a switch in a different room.
 
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